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- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed reporters after a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, in which they discussed the framework of the current round of nuclear talks. Zarif expressed optimism in reaching a final deal: if there are differences of opinion during the draft, which exist, we will spend time to resolve them. He also repeated the position that Irans defense systems have not been brought up and the topic will not enter the negotiations.
- We will not accept anything less than deserved- the right to exercise our [nuclear] rights.
- International and Legal Affairs Deputy to the Foreign MinisterAbbas Araghchi discussed the challenges in reaching a comprehensive nuclear dealahead of starting this most crucial stage. Araghchi said the U.S. must make the hard decision to let go of resolutions based on illusions and said that the P5+1 has not demanded an end to nuclear R&D.
- The power of the Arak [heavy water] reactor wont diminish; it will continue in its predesigned path and we will possibly decrease the concerns about it with some changes.
- Different options have been raised about Arak, the most important of which is what Head of [the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran] Ali Akbar Salehi has said about making technical changes in certain parts of the reactor to reduce plutonium output.
- National Security and Foreign Policy (NSFP) Parliamentary Commission member MP Javad Karim Ghodousi saidIran should restart 20% uranium enrichment and cease negotiationsbased on the claim that recent reports from Iranian agencies show that the U.S. has been unfaithful to its commitments under the Joint Plan of Action:
- The Supreme Leaders red lines explain that the Arak heavy water reactor will not be altered; it will be operated just as it has been constructed, with 95% of the equipment installed.
- Head of the [AEOI] and the nuclear negotiations team has talked about changing the design of the Arak heavy water reactor and has accepted it as a good proposition, despite this proposition being deceitful.
- NSFP Parliamentary Commission Chairman MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi said The missile program is our red line and the negotiations team has been ordered not to enter this arena.He was also receptive to the Saudi Foreign Ministers expressed interest in talks with Iran, adding if they are serious, [we] can have better relations.
- President Hassan Rouhani responded tohis administrations domestic critics during a ceremony commemorating the first Shia Imams birthday by saying that he will show patience toward mounting accusations and criticisms from sick individuals. Rouhani added:
- I am hopeful that our nation and all followers of Ali will be patient in their duties.
- I tell you as your servant that to this day God has given me a lot of patience and until this day I have been able to ignore the things I hear and the things I read on websites.
- Some had looted the peoples treasury in the name of standing against superpowers
- Head of the Passive Defense Organization Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Brig. Gen. Gholam Reza Jaliliunderlined the necessity for securing nuclear facilitiesand said Threat assessment and civil defense systems need to be deployed in the six Iranian nuclear provinces.
- Chairman of the Parliaments Councils and Internal Affairs Commission Amir Khojasteh announced thata delegation of five Iranian MPs will travel to Iraq on Thursday. The parliamentarians are scheduled to meet with their Iraqi counterparts as well as with other officials.
- International Affairs Deputy to the Oil Minister Ali Majediannounced that negotiations were ongoing with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan regarding crude oil swapsthrough the Caspian Sea.
By AEI Critical Threat
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