TEHRAN:Iransaid Saturdayit will not go beyond its obligations nor accept anything outside its rights under the non-proliferation treaty, aheadof talks with major powers over its disputed nuclear drive."We will not accept anythingbeyond our obligations and will not accept anything less than our rights," said the Islamic republic's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, quoted by ISNA news agency.
"Iran has fulfilled its NPT obligationsas an active and committed member, therefore should gain all of its rights," Jalili said in an address to Iranian nuclear industry officials.
His remarks come ahead of a meeting between Iran and six world powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia, theUnited StatesandGermany-- inKazakhstanon Tuesday.
The talks will be the first between the parties since three rounds of meetings inMoscowended in stalemate in June last year.
The so-called P5 1 called on Iran to scale back on uranium enrichment, the process which used for power plant fuel and in higher purities needed for a nuclear weapon.
But they stopped short of offeringTehransubstantial relief fromUNSecurity Counciland unilateral Western sanctions that last year began to cause major economic problems for the Gulf country.
Iran denies seeking atomic weapons but many in the international community suspect otherwise.
By The Daily Star
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