No deal with Sextet unless Iran's demands met: Araqchi

TEHRAN (ISNA)- A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator said there will be no deal with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany if Iran’s demands are not met.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said that Iran will continue the nuclear talks seriously and with good will, but will not relinquish its rights.

Araqchi stated that despite the current understanding of the concerns on both sides, deep disagreements remain.

The senior diplomat added that a major persisting difficulty is agreement on a timetable for the lifting of the illegal sanctions against Iran as a reciprocal measure by the six countries.

Araqchi also stated that the recent anti-Iranian sanctions imposed by the United States violate the Geneva interim deal and if repeated, Iran will respond.

On August 29, the US government announced the imposition of the new round of sanctions on over 25 individuals and companies, including shipping firms, oil companies, airlines and six banks despite the fact that Iran and the six world powers are in the process of talks with the intention of resolving the West’s nuclear standoff with Iran.

He added that it will only be possible to reach a nuclear agreement by the November deadline if everyone remains committed to the objective of the negotiations.

The senior Iranian negotiator said that the next round of nuclear talks will be held in New York on September 18.

He added that bilateral discussions are also scheduled to be held before and after the talks.

On September 1, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, who represents the six countries, met in Brussels, Belgium, and discussed the process of the ongoing nuclear talks.

Following the negotiations with Ashton, the Iranian foreign minister said he is optimistic that the issues related to the Iranian nuclear energy program “can be resolved in time” within the November deadline.

Last November, Iran and the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China as well as Germany signed the interim deal in Geneva, which took effect on January 20 and expired six months later on July 20.

In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend negotiations until November 24 after they failed to reach common ground on a number of key issues, Press TV reported.

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