The editorial reads: "As it was predicted", nuclear negotiations of the Islamic Republic of Iran with 5+1 group [the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany] in Baghdad didn't arrive at a result, and both parties agreed to follow their talks on June 18 in 19 in Moscow."
"Different opinions are given on why the talks didn't succeed, but the main point was uttered by the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. When the negotiations ended, she said at a news conference: "The 5+1 group is to implement the resolutions of the UN Security Council."
"She also set an agenda for Iran, “The six nations have asked Iran to take concrete and practical steps, to urgently meet the concerns of the international community, build confidence and meet its international obligations."
"Ms. Ashton stated as well, “It is clear that we both want to make progress, and that there is some common ground. However, significant differences remain."
"Such remarks make clear the reason Baghadad meeting was not conclusive. As a matter of fact, the West has excessive expectations in its negotiation with the Islamic Republic and 5+1 group still insists on its earlier stances," Jomhouri-e Eslami said.
"Headed by the United States, the Western countries persist on politicizing the issue of Iran's nuclear program and are not to recognize the real rights of Islamic Republic in its nuclear activities.
The principalist newspaper added: “Elsewhere Ms. Ashton said: "Iran declared its readiness to address the issue of 20 percent enrichment and came with its own five-point plan, including their assertion that we recognize their right to enrichment", which means the Islamic Republic must agree to halt uranium enrichment."
"It's strange that from one hand the officials of International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. Statesmen and some European countries say they are assured of Iranian leaders' objection against military nuclear activities and regard such remarks as a positive point, but from other, they ask Iran to stop uranium enrichment!"
"This double standard is simply justifiable by referring to the dishonesty and excessive expectations of the West governments," Jomhouri-e Eslami said.
In the recent round of nuclear talks with 5+1 group, Iran's top envoy Saeed Jalili, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council reiterated that according to the convention of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), uranium enrichment is one of the rights of NPT members.
The Islamic Republic of Iran began enriching uranium to a fissile concentration of 20 percent in 2010, needing to fuel a medical research reactor. Tehran later expanded the work by launching enrichment at Fordow center.
Jomhouri-e Eslami is an official Iranian newspaper, which started its work on May 30, 1979, as the newspaper of Islamic Republic Party. However even after the closure of Islamic Republic Party, the newspaper continued its work.
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