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Iran has nothing to hide, FM says

Iran Materials 2 July 2014 15:21 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that his country has nothing to hide.
Iran has nothing to hide, FM says

Tehran, Iran, July 2

By Milad Fashtami - Trend:

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that his country has nothing to hide.

"Iran's nuclear program is completely peaceful," Zarif said, Iran's IRNA News Agency reported on July 2.

The Iranian official made the remarks in an article published in French Le Monde newspaper.

Zarif further advised the P5+1 group of countries to stop assuming things and taking destructive stances.

Iran's negotiating teams arrived in Austrian city of Vienna on Wednesday morning to hold the sixth round of nuclear talks with the P5+1 group of countries.

The talks will be started with a meeting between Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Iran's IRNA News Agency reported on June 2.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi said on June 30 that the West's excessive demands is a major obstacle to the progress of nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries.

"The nuclear negotiations cannot proceed on the basis of illusions," Araqchi said, Iran's IRIB News Agency reported on June 30.

He furthered advised the other side to adopt a realistic viewpoint.

"There's no disagreement over uranium enrichment inside Iran," he said, adding that the two sides only need to reach an agreement over the level of enrichment.

"Iran wants all sanctions lifted in the shortest possible time," Araqchi explained.

"The upcoming talks with the P5+1 will only focus on the nuclear case and Iran's missile capability won't be brought up in the discussions," he said.

Araqchi said previously that the next round of talks between Tehran and the P5+1 is scheduled to be held on July 2 - July 20 in Vienna.

"Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will supervise the process of preparing the draft text of a comprehensive deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council," he said, Iran's Fars News Agency reported.

"If the two sides reach an agreement, the foreign minister of the P5+1 will also travel to Vienna,
" he said.

The P5+1 group consists of Russia, China, France, Britain, and the United States, plus Germany.

Iran and the six powers have been discussing ways to iron out differences and start drafting a final deal that would end the decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear energy program, Press TV reported.

The two sides inked an interim accord in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 23, 2013. The next round of talks is to start in Vienna on July 2.

On June 18, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the two sides had started drafting a final deal despite the remaining "fundamental" differences, adding that if the other side shows political will, a comprehensive accord could be reached

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