IRAN ’WELCOMES’ PROPOSAL FOR MORE NUCLEAR TALKS

Iran’s foreign minister has welcomed a Swiss proposal for continued talks on Teheran’s nuclear programme, which is being objected to by the Western powers by suspecting that it is aimed at making atom bombs, Iranian media said on May 5.

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June 16, 2022

Iran’s foreign minister has welcomed a Swiss proposal for continued talks on Teheran’s nuclear programme, which is being objected to by the Western powers by suspecting that it is aimed at making atom bombs, Iranian media said on May 5.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met a Swiss envoy on the sidelines of a May 3-4 international conference in Egypt organised to seek ways to end the violence in neighbouring Iraq.
Diplomats said Switzerland had proposed a staged plan leading to a simultaneous suspension of Iran’s uranium enrichment work and of UN sanctions, which would enable talks between Iran and six world powers to begin.
Mottaki reportedly welcomed the Swiss proposal for the continuation of talks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme.
Two sets of United Nations sanctions have been imposed on Iran since December and major powers this week warned a third, tougher resolution might be needed unless Teheran halted its most sensitive nuclear activities.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly ruled out any retreat on the nuclear programme, including the idea of a ‘double suspension’, under which Teheran would halt uranium enrichment in return for a lifting of sanctions.