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Tehran ready for talks with all countries but won’t give in to ‘excessive demands’: Veep
Addressing a meeting with a group of industrialists and entrepreneurs from central province of Yazd, Aref said that the United States wanted Iran to accept its preconditions for negotiations to get underway.
However, he said, the Islamic Republic would not accept the US approach toward negotiations.
Aref noted that Washington always portrayed itself as supporter of talks with Iran but this country in the middle of nuclear negotiations launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June to force Tehran to surrender.
Back in June, the US joined an aggression by the Israeli regime against Iran, targeting three nuclear sites.
The strikes came as Iran and the US were scheduled to hold sixth round of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program in Oman. The aggression derailed the talks which had been underway since April.
Since then, the US has outlined specific conditions for the resumption of nuclear talks that mainly focus on Iran’s uranium enrichment activities and the broader scope of negotiations.
The US seeks a comprehensive agreement that addresses not only Iran’s nuclear program but also its regional activities and missile development.
Tehran has rejected the US demands and underlined that it will only negotiate on the nuclear issue and that it will never give up enrichment of uranium in the country— the main point of disagreement between the two countries during the five rounds of the negotiations.