With the resumption of the eighth round of nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh called today, Monday, for the West to give up its “maximum demands”, stressing that his country will not accept any time limit for the talks..
Khatibzadeh said, in statements carried by local media, that “all demands that fall outside the framework of the nuclear agreement are unacceptable… and our goal is to reach a good agreement.”
Sanctions lifting schedule
He also added that the opposite party should present programs and schedules for lifting sanctions on his country, and confirming its commitment to the nuclear agreement, in reference to the United States..
He also pointed out that the negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement are “bilateral and multilateral,” noting that meetings between Iran and China or Russia are continuing..
The Foreign Ministry spokesman’s statements come at a time when negotiations of the eighth round of talks are being resumed in Vienna today between Iran and the 4+1 group, following a three-day hiatus in order to continue the intensive consultations and talks between the negotiators to reach an agreement..
The Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs was the head of the Iranian delegation participating in the talks, Ali Bagheri Kani, who had arrived earlier in the Austrian capital, according to what the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. He announced last week that the talks were good and positive..
