FM Wants Iran’s Victory in Nuclear Talks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign minister expressed the hope that a final round of nuclear negotiations between Tehran and world powers would mark a “national victory” for the Iranian nation and result in the achievement of Iran's objectives.
What this week requires is “self-confidence” and the sense of “rapport and national unity” among the whole Iranian groups in order to celebrate a national victory on November 24, whatever the results of nuclear talks, Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters upon his arrival in Vienna on Tuesday.
The Iranian foreign minister is in Austria for a fresh round of talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) to hammer out a final, long-awaited agreement to resolve the West’s decade-old standoff over Iran's civilian nuclear work.
Zarif said he hopes Iran would attain the goals it has been pursuing in the nuclear talks, either an ultimate agreement is struck or Tehran shows resistance to the excessive demands of the other side.
In the meantime, the top Iranian diplomat reiterated that a comprehensive accord is still within reach should the other side has “the political will to make a tough decision.”
Zarif also recommended the negotiation parties not to put forward “meaningless red lines”, which he said are just to appease the lobbies in their own countries, stressing that such a trend will not help resolve the issue.
“I give an assurance that we will strike a deal if we can reach a solution that takes into account the interests of the country and the nation,” he added.
Zarif underlined that the Iranian team of negotiators will continue the talks vigorously until the deadline in order to gain the favorable results.
Vienna has once again brought together diplomats from Iran and six world powers for talks on Tehran’s civilian nuclear program.
On November 24, 2013, the parties signed an interim nuclear deal in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The Geneva deal (the Joint Plan of Action) came into effect in January and expired in July, when the parties decided to extend negotiations until November 24 in the hope of clinching a final, lasting accord.
