The talks between Jalili, who is also secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Ashton will be “follow-up to the last round of negotiations held in Almaty” April 5-6, Ashton’s office announced on Thursday, Fars News Agency reported.
Ashton leads diplomatic contacts with Iran on behalf of the P5+1, which comprises the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany.
On April 25, Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator Ali Baqeri said Tehran is waiting for the world powers of the P5+1 group to set a date for a new round of talks about Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran and P5+1 have held several rounds of talks mainly over Iran’s nuclear energy program. Before their meeting on April 6 in Almaty, the two sides had met in the Kazakh city on February 26-27.
The United States, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Using this false allegation as pretext, Washington and the European Union have imposed several rounds of illegal unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Tehran rejects the allegation over its nuclear energy activities, maintaining that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
