Rouhani Highlights Strong Public Support for Iran's Nuclear Approach
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani underlined that the vast majority of Iranians back his administration’s approach in the nuclear talks with world powers.
“All polls indicate more than 80-percent (public) support for the administration’s nuclear approach,” the president said on Sunday.
He also stressed "the seriousness" of the country’s negotiators in the talks with the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) over Tehran’s peaceful nuclear energy program.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as P5+1 and E3+3) are in talks to hammer out a final agreement to end more than a decade of impasse over Tehran’s civilian nuclear energy program.
Following the diplomatic and confidence-building measures taken by President Rouhani’s administration, the two sides in November 2013 signed an interim deal –the Joint Plan of Action- that took effect on January 20, 2014 and expired six months later. They later extended the deal until November 24, 2014.
After failing to hammer out a lasting accord by the self-imposed November 24 deadline, the parties once again decided to extend the deadline for seven more months.
