Azernews.Az

By Sara Rajabova

The negotiations on Iran’s nuclear energy program have entered a very sensitive and intensive stage as the time for reaching a final deal is coming to an end.

Iran and the P5+1 countriesare seeking to reach a high-level political agreement by March 1 and confirm the full technical details of the accord by July 1 deadline.

As the sides stated earlier that no more nuclear talks will be held in case of failure of the sides to meet the deadline, the next meetings of the talks requires more efforts from Iran and the six world powers to come to an agreement.

Every meeting of the negotiating sides is carefully monitored by the international community, especially by the counties involved in the nuclear dispute.

In such a sensitive stage, any wrong move could contradict the interests of the sides and easily torpedo the nuclear talks.

For example, the U.S. Congress bill to hit Tehran with new sanctions or Iranian parliament’s motion put forward after it to cancel Geneva deal in case of imposition new sanctions on the country, complicate the already difficult work of negotiators.

On the other hand, the sides are hopeful to clinch a comprehensive deal over Tehran’s nuclear issue by deadline.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saidon February 3 that Tehran and the P5+1 group have managed to bridge some of their differences in the nuclear talks, Press TV reported.

He also expressed satisfaction with the trend of the developments over the country's peaceful nuclear drive, adding that: “The West seems to have come to the understanding that it needs to recognize the Iranian nation’s rights.”

Also, U.S. President Barack Obama earlier warned to veto the Congress motion considering new sanctions on Iran saying it will “negatively affect” the negotiations with Tehran.

Meanwhile, two diplomats familiar with the talks claimed on February 3 that Iran and the U.S. are negotiating a compromise over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, Press TV reported.

The proposal could allow Iran to keep much of its uranium-enriching technology but, reduce its amount of enriched uranium, the diplomats said on condition of anonymity.

Since an interim deal was sealed in the Swiss city of Geneva in November 2013, the negotiating sides have missed two self-imposed deadlines to ink a final agreement.

Iran and permanent members of the UN Security Council (U.S, Britain, Russia, France and China) plus Germany are to resume their nuclear talks early in February.

--

Sara Rajabova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @SaraRajabova

Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz