French President Francois Hollande says Iran should meet four demands to reach an agreement over its nuclear energy program in the upcoming talks with the world six major powers in Geneva.
"France is in favor of an interim agreement but on the basis of four points," said the French president at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Sunday.

"The first demand: put all the Iranian nuclear installations under international supervision, right now. Second point: suspend enrichment to 20 percent. Thirdly: to reduce the existing stock [of enriched material].”

"And finally, to halt construction of the Arak (heavy water) plant. These are the points which for us are essential to guarantee any agreement," Hollande said.

During the last round of the nuclear discussions, Tehran and the Sextet managed to narrow their differences and were seemingly close to reaching an agreement on Iran nuclear energy program.

At the end of the latest round of Geneva talks on November 10, the two sides did not reach an agreement, but stressed that significant progress had been made and expressed optimism about the prospect of a possible deal in the future.

France has been one of the main reasons behind the failure of the six major powers involved in nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Talks between Iran and the six major powers will resume in the Swiss city of Geneva on Wednesday.

The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program with the Israeli regime repeatedly threatening to attack Iran's nuclear facilities based on the unsubstantiated allegation.

Iran rejects the allegations, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.

Unlike Iran, Israel, which is widely believed to possess between 200 to 400 nuclear warheads, is a non-signatory to the NPT and continues to defy international calls to join the treaty.

At the beginning of 2012, the US and the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil and financial sectors with the goal of preventing other countries from purchasing Iranian oil and conducting transactions with the Central Bank of Iran. The sanctions took effect last summer.

By Press TV

 

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