Hossein Sobhani-Nia, a member of the Presiding Board of Iran's Majlis, said on Monday that holding talks with the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US plus Germany) can be beneficial to both sides.
“The Islamic Republic has always welcomed negotiations and considers them to be useful because the continuation of talks can certainly have positive points for both sides and remove ambiguities,” he added.
“Up to this stage, we have addressed all questions and ambiguities, but we feel that the Westerners are not seeking full clarity on, or the resolution of, the issue, and seek to prolong the issue and ratcheting up pressure under different pretexts,” Sobhani Nia stated.
The Iranian legislator also noted that Tehran would not give up its right to the enrichment of uranium during the talks with the P5+1.
“The issue of enrichment is one of our red lines and negotiations do not mean that we would back down from enrichment,” he said.
Iran and the P5+1 have held several rounds of multifaceted talks mainly over Iran’s nuclear energy program.
The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran argues that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it is entitled to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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