Iran is not prepared to give up research on centrifuges used to purify uranium as part of a final deal to address international concerns over its nuclear activities, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on February 1. Iran reached a landmark preliminary agreement with six world powers in November to halt its most sensitive nuclear operations, winning some relief from sanctions in return. Iran is to begin talks with the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany in Vienna on February 18 on a definitive settlement of the decade-old dispute over its nuclear programme. Diplomats have said that one sticking point in the talks has been over the research and development of a new model of advanced nuclear centrifuge that Iran says it has installed.
NOT READY TO GIVE UP RESEARCH ON CENTRIFUGES: IRAN
Iran is not prepared to give up research on centrifuges used to purify uranium as part of a final deal to address international concerns over its nuclear activities, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on February 1.
