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Some countries of the P5+1 group are playing for time in the nuclear talks with Iran, First Vice Speaker of the Majlis (parliament) Mohammad Reza Bahonar told Trend news agency, commenting on the upcoming negotiations between the sides in Kazakhstan.

"We are ready to continue negotiations, and if P5+1 group wants to solve the problem, we are ready to talk," Bahonar said. "We hope that good results will be achieved, as there are good things we can say during these discussions and meetings. Our negotiating team is handling this right now."

Iran's negotiating team arrived in Almaty on Thursday for the nuclear talks with the P5+1 group.

Iran's delegation includes Chairman of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Saeed Jalili and his deputy Ali Bagheri, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister's advisor Hamid Reza Asgari, and Iran's former ambassador in UK Rasul Movahedian.

According to Reuters, some Western officials have been suggesting there could be a chance of diplomatic progress in the long standoff over Iran's nuclear activities.

The U.S. and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a nuclear weapon - something that Iran denies.

Iran has stated that it does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, using nuclear energy for medical researches instead.