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Friday 7 November 2014 - 20:09
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Official reaffirms Irans firm stance on N. rights

[caption id="attachment_123819" align="alignright" width="170"] The head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Kamal Kharrazi[/caption]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Irans Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi said Tehran will powerfully continue the talks with the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany), but would never give up its inalienable nuclear rights.


"The result of these negotiations depends on the extent that our countrys rights will be preserved, and our nations rights, too, are clarified, Kharrazi said in Tehran on Thursday.

Kharrazi reiterated that Iran's nuclear achievements are results of the country's three decades of resistance, and underscored that the negotiating team will defend Iranians' rights in the upcoming round of talks with the G5+1.

He noted that the western powers have realized that Iran has made considerable progress in different scientific and technological areas despite the imposition of the western sanctions against Tehran.

On Wednesday, several European diplomats in a statement urged the G5+1 not to miss the present opportunity to cut a final deal with Iran before the November 24 deadline.

A group of former and present European diplomats demanded the G5+1 group of world powers and Iran to intensify their efforts to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal by the November 24 deadline set by the six countries.

Postponing the final tough decisions ahead is likely to provide more opportunities for those opposing the diplomatic track to spoil this process, they said.

This is especially so when creative technical solutions have been formulated and a deal is within reach, the statement further read, adding the deal should address potential international concerns about Irans nuclear energy program and should respect Iranian legitimate aspirations and sovereignty".

Praising an interim nuclear deal reached between Iran and G5+1 in November 2013, they said, Europe must seize this moment to encourage the negotiating parties to address the outstanding areas through reasonable compromises while steering clear of issues that are not essential to a good deal."

The statement was signed by the former foreign minister of Spain, Italy and Sweden, as well as Javier Solana, the former EU high representative for foreign and security policy, President and CEO of International Crisis Group Jean-Marie Guhenno, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag (a German legislative body) Norbert Rttgen and Robert Cooper, a former UK diplomat.

Europeans should also work with the US administration in reassuring skeptical regional allies of the long-term strategic benefits entailed in a final nuclear deal, they said.

They also noted that the compressive deal will also reshape the Wests engagement with Iran by opening new options for pursuing overlapping regional interests".

Noting that the two sides are closer than ever before to settling the nuclear file, they said that the goals of non-proliferation, global and regional security, de-escalation of burning conflicts in the Middle East and the demonstrative effect of successful multilateral diplomacy in these troubled times will all significantly benefit if a good deal is achieved.

By Fars News Agency
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The diplomats also warned that the cost of failed negotiations should also be borne in mind".

Iran and the six major world powers have already held 8 rounds of nuclear negotiations after inking an interim agreement in Geneva on November 24, 2013, and have less than three weeks time to strike a final deal before the November 24 deadline.

Tehran and the six powers have already held seven rounds of talks in Vienna, and one more round in New York and on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They are now preparing for their 9th round of negotiations due to be held in Masqat, Oman, on November 11.

The Geneva agreement took effect on January 20 and expired six months later on July 20. In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend negotiations until November 24 after they failed to reach an agreement on a number of key issues.

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