Speaking to Khabar Online's political correspondent, Zibakalaam, a professor of political science at Tehran University commented on the latest round of negotiations between Iran and 5+1 group in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday and Thursday saying that both parties defined their own red lines.
"Both the Islamic Republic of Iran and 5+1 group [the United States, Russia, the UK, France and China plus Germany] described their red lines, at the same time showed they do not want to keep on nuclear dispute," he said.
"At Baghdad meeting, we declared our requests and maintained that we will not easily give up our objectives. We are ready for discussion and are not interested in battle with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the West and other members of 5+1 group," the political analyst stated.
In last years, Iran has been at t row with the West powers, above them the United States which claim the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is aimed to produce atomic weapons. Through imposing economic sanctions they have tried to bring Iran to its knees.
However, the Islamic Republic has categorically rejected such allegation and has withstood the pressures. It has underlined that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has focused its nuclear activity on peaceful purposes including medical research and production of electricity.
Zibakalam went on to say, "In talks with the six world powers, Iran asserted that wants to pursue its nuclear program, however in a way which encourages the confidence of the West."
"Iranian delegation, particularly chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili [also the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council] and Ali Bagheri [deputy nuclear negotiator] adopted a good approach to lay the groundwork for further talks from one hand, and underline the nuclear right of the Islamic Republic of Iran from other," Tehran University professor added.
Earlier after holding prolonged talks with the envoys of 5+1 group, Jalili said that the recent negotiations in Baghdad on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program was comprehensive but remained unfinished.
Referring to the issue of uranium enrichment the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said according to the convention of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), uranium enrichment is one of the rights of NPT members.
Iranian delegation reiterated that the right of uranium enrichment was underlined when the convention was revised in 2009. Iran in its own turn stresses on the peaceful use of atomic energy which is the main point of difference of its opinion with the U.S. and the EU.
The EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton who represented the six world powers said in return that it is clear that we both want to make progress, and that there is some common ground. However, significant differences remain. Nonetheless, both sides agreed on the need for further discussion to expand that common ground.
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.
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