Zarif attends parliament session over Lausanne nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has attended a closed-door session of parliament (Majlis) to brief lawmakers on the recent negotiations held in Switzerland over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Zargham Sadeqi, a member of the Majlis Presiding Board, said on Tuesday that Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, the AEOI spokesman, and Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham also accompanied Zarif in the briefing session.
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said that the session was convened to discuss the Lausanne nuclear talks, adding that in the meeting Zarif and Salehi explained the technical aspects of the joint statement and underlined the ways to to address Iran’s interests in the course of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
After eight days of marathon talks in Lausanne, Iran and the six-party group of the US, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany, aka P5+1, issued a joint statement on April 2 on their mutual understanding over Tehran’s nuclear program.
(From left) French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend the announcement of an agreement on Iran's nuclear talks on April 2, 2015 in Lausanne. ©AFP
According to the joint statement, none of Iran’s nuclear facilities will be stopped, shut down or suspended and Iran’s nuclear activities in all its nuclear facilities including Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan and Arak will continue.
Under the statement, all sanctions by the UN Security Council, the US and the EU against Iran will be lifted. Tehran will also implement the Additional Protocol temporarily and voluntarily in line with its confidence-building measures and after that the protocol will be ratified in a time frame by the Iranian government and Majlis.
Iran and its negotiating partners are now expected to start work to draw up a final comprehensive deal over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program by the end of the self-designated June 30 deadline.
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