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By Sara Rajabova

Tehran says the experts of Iran and the group of six major world powers, which are engaged in the nuclear talks, have reviewed proposals put forward by the both sides in their meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council reported on Tuesday that the Iranian and P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States plus Germany) experts discussed various aspects of proposals put forward by both sides, Press TV reported.

Experts from Iran and the 5+1 group wrapped up their three rounds of talks in Istanbul on Monday evening.

According to diplomatic sources in Turkey, the meetings were held behind closed doors upon request of the two sides' officials. The Istanbul talks prepared the grounds for continuation of negotiations between the two sides.

The discussions revolved around proposals presented by Iran during the meeting in Moscow in June 2012, and offers given by the P5+1 during negotiations held in the Kazakh city of Almaty on February 26-27.

The report reads that results achieved at the two-day meeting will be presented at the upcoming round of talks in Almaty on April 5-6.

"The meeting also provided an opportunity for experts of both sides to explore each other's positions on a number of technical subjects," Michael Mann, a spokesman for EU foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton, said in a statement earlier on Tuesday.

Mann said the P5+1 group experts have presented Iran with further details about their "revised confidence-building proposal."

Iran and the P5+1 group have held several rounds of talks with the main focus on Iran's nuclear energy program.

The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, with United States and EU using this pretext to impose several rounds of illegal unilateral sanctions against Tehran.

Tehran refutes the allegation, maintaining that as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.