Azerbaijan, Baku, April 2 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
The upcoming nuclear talks in Almaty can become a small step for bigger nuclear negotiations between Iran and P5+1, Professor of Political Science, expert on Iran and Middle East, Reza Taghizadeh told Trend.
The expert was commenting on the possible outcome of the upcoming nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group.
It has been previously reported that the next round of talks between Iran and P5+1 is to be held for the second time in Almaty, Kazakhstan on April 5.
The previous round of talks was held in the same city from Feb 26-27. A technical round of negotiation was also held between experts of the two sides in Istanbul on March 18.
"When a multilateral negotiation takes place, reaching an agreement is not easy," Taghizadeh said, adding that one cannot expert such complex issue to be resolved in a short period of time.
According to Reuters, some Western officials have been suggesting there could be a chance of diplomatic progress in the long standoff over Iran's nuclear activities.
"This was more constructive and more positive than previous meetings because they were really focussing on the proposal on the table," said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Taghizadeh noted that if the sides fail to reach an agreement, this would ignite those, who believe the sanctions are not the only option to pressure Iran.
"If the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group fail, the possibility of war actions increases," he said.
The U.S. and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a nuclear weapon - something that Iran denies.
The Islamic Republic has on numerous occasions stated that it does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, using nuclear energy for medical researches instead.
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