Iran has told six European powers that it will not participate in negotiations over its nuclear program from a position of inequality. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that Tehran would not give up the right to produce its own nuclear fuel, but would be willing to negotiate a broader peace and security deal. Iran stated this position in a letter that was written in response to an unofficial letter presented to Iran earlier on behalf of six European powers alongside a package of incentives drawn up by the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, the G5+1. Mottaki pointed out that the pressure to end the country’s program was ‘illegal’ as the UN nuclear watchdog had found nothing to indicate diversion in Iran’s enrichment activities.
IRAN SEEKS EQUALITY IN NUCLEAR TALKS
Iran has told six European powers that it will not participate in negotiations over its nuclear program from a position of inequality.