Iranian Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani underlined that Tehran is not optimistic that Americans would show a positive attitude in the talks between Iran and the world powers, but meantime expressed the hope that the nuclear negotiations would bring positive results.

“We are not optimistic about the Americans’ behavior in the negotiations but the current nuclear talks will certainly yield positive results,” Amoli Larijani said, addressing Iranian Judiciary officials in Tehran on Wednesday.

He expressed the hope that the Iranian nuclear negotiators would display their unique abilities in the negotiations with the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, France, Britain and China plus Germany).

The same remarks were uttered by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday who underscored that his government is not optimistic about the current talks with the six world powers and the western states’ gestures of rapprochement with Tehran.

“The government is not optimistic about the Westerners and the current negotiations,” Rouhani was quoted by the Information Center of the Presidential office as saying in a meeting with the representatives of Iran’s Southern province of Fars at the parliament on Monday.

Meantime, he underlined the possibility of a breakthrough in solving Iran’s problems, and said, “But this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be hopeful about the settlement of the problems.”

“Of course, we should always remember this point that we shouldn’t wait for the removal of all problems in a short period of time,” Rouhani added.

His remarks were uttered a day after Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in similar remarks voiced pessimism over the talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, France, Britain and China plus Germany), and said, “I am not optimistic about the current negotiations because it is not clear if they will yield the results that the (Iranian) nation expects; yet, we believe that there is no problem with (doing) this experience provided that the nation will be vigilant and be aware of what is happening.”

He also advised the Iranian officials participating in the talks with the world powers to keep vigilant, and said, “On one hand, they (the western powers) smile and voice interest in negotiation and on the other hand, they immediately say that all options are on the table. Now it is not clear what a damn thing they could do.”

On October 16, Iran and the G5+1 wrapped up two days of talks. Both sides voiced satisfaction in the outcomes of the Geneva meeting and decided to send their experts to two days of talks in Vienna on October 30 and 31 to discuss details of Iran's new proposal for soothing the crisis.

Iran and the six world powers agreed in their third session of talks on October 15 to follow up on the nuclear negotiations on November 7 and 8.

At the end of the negotiations, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton hailed the nuclear negotiations as the “most detailed” and most “substantive” ones ever held between the two sides.
 

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