Iran's parliament voices full support for nuclear negotiators
By Sara Rajabova
The Iranian parliament has voiced its full support of the country’s negotiators engaged in nuclear negotiations with the world powers over Tehran’s disputed nuclear energy program.
Ali Larijani, the Islamic Republic’s parliament speaker said there is no need for parliament approval if Iran and the P5+1 negotiators achieve a comprehensive nuclear deal.
Larijani made the remarks after 47 U.S. senators published an open-letter to Iran warning the proposed deal Tehran is currently negotiating with Washington and other western powers, would be merely an agreement with President Barack Obama — and could be reversed by his successor.
"The possible nuclear agreement would not face any problem in Iran in this regard," he said, adding Tehran does not have problems like those of the U.S.', Iran’s state-run IRINN TV channel reported on March 16.
Larijani believes Iran's parliament would not take measures similar to those U.S. and would not respond to such claims. He called the actions of the U.S. Senate "immature".
Meanwhile, the Iranian and U.S. foreign ministers have wrapped up the first round of the sensitive talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne in an attempt to narrow gaps on the outstanding issues pertaining to Tehran’s nuclear program.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister and John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state held discussions for five hours in Lausanne on March 16.
Ahead of the talks, Kerry said many technical differences over Iran's nuclear program have been solved.
In an interview with the CBS, Kerry said “By and large, most of the differences now are political decisions that need to be made in order to fulfill the promise of proving to the world that a program is peaceful.”
Following the talks with Kerry, Zarif is scheduled to leave for Brussels to discuss Iran’s nuclear issue with his German, French and UK counterparts, respectively, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Laurent Fabius and Philip Hammond. Federica Mogherini, EU foreign policy chief will host the Brussels talks.
Iran and the P5+1 group (the U.S., UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) are negotiating to reach a deal on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. The sides have planned to reach a political understanding by the end of March, and a comprehensive deal by July 1.
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