Iranian Foreign Mohammad Javad Zarif the lead 5+1 Powers negotiator Catherine Ashton have confirmed that the next round of talks will start on March 17 in Vienna.Just before the joint press conference, Zarif told journalists of progress in discussions, with confirmation of further expert talks and monthly meetings with Ashton
Both Iran and the US have praised progress in talks on a comprehensive nuclear agreement between Tehran and the 5+1 Powers in Vienna.
US State Department spokesman Marie Harf said on Wednesday that two days of talks had been constructive and useful, with discussions continuing Thursday.
No details have emerged on the negotiations of both process and substance of a deal, which is being sought by January 2015.
However, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that a framework for future talks was close to final agreement, praising the positive atmosphere of the discussions.
Araqchi said the next round of negotiations would be from March 17 to 20 in Vienna.
In another sign of cautious optimism this morning, Irans State outlet Press TV features Harfs statementalongside Araqchis comments.
Military Commander: US Badly Humiliated by Iran
The Iranian military has continued its tough rhetoric against Washington, despite progress in nuclear talks.
Deputy head of armed forces General Massoud Jazayeri said on Wednesday:
The US which has been badly humiliated by the Islamic Republic of Iran attempts to pressure Iran through a game of psychological warfare and propaganda .
Similar to its other actions and interpretations during the past 35 years, the US is making a strategic mistake again .
Generally speaking, Iran is out of the stage which could be humiliated by the major powers, and the US will soon witness its mistakes with regard to the Islamic Republic.
Head of Judiciary Blasts US Support of Sedition After 2009 Presidential Election
In another sign that opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi will remain under strict house arrest indefinitely, head of judiciary Sadegh Larijani has portrayed them as instruments of Washingtonafter the disputed 2009 Presidential election.
Larijani told judiciary officials on Wednesday, The sedition and its related issues are fully internal cases and the security and judiciary confrontation with them was made completely within the framework of law and the US and the Wests meddling in this issue is actually interference in the internal affairs of an independent country.
On Friday, the US State Department called on Tehran to release Mousavi, Karroubi, and Mousavis wife, activist and activist Zahra Rahnavard. The trio were detained in February 2011 amid regime fears of resurgent protests.
The United States explicit support for the seditious move was outside the normal frameworks and the recent remarks by the Westerners and the US leaders about the sedition is even more surprising, and we state very firmly that this is meddling in the Islamic Republic of Irans affairs and is not acceptable at all, Larijani said.
The head of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari, also pointed on Wednesday to the long-term detention of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard: Their punishment is the imprisonment which they are suffering.
By Ea World View
The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.
