Tehran - Saba:
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi emphasized that Iran's right to uranium enrichment is a "red line" that cannot be waived in any future negotiations.
Gharibabadi's statement came during a meeting of the Islamic Consultative Assembly's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday evening, where he gave a report on the indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States that recently took place in the Italian capital Rome, and answered the MPs' inquiries.
Committee spokesman MP Ebrahim Rezaei quoted Gharibabadi as emphasizing Iran's "seriousness in the negotiations," calling on the other side to show the same seriousness and not succumb to the pressure exerted by the Zionist entity to undermine the talks.
He emphasized that Iran's proposals are based on the leadership's directives , the endorsements of higher institutions, and call for a comprehensive lifting of the embargo in order to bring tangible economic gains to the Iranian people.
According to Rezaei, Gharibabadi stressed that "Iran does not seek to possess nuclear weapons, and that its nuclear program is aimed at peaceful uses only," noting that "uranium enrichment is carried out within this framework."
He also announced that "technical meetings between experts from both sides will be held indirectly in the Omani capital Muscat on Wednesday to discuss the technical details of the negotiations," stressing "the need to remove the legal structure of the embargo, including laws passed by the US Congress and executive orders issued by the White House."
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