US Stance On Nuclear Issue ‘More Realistic,’ Says Iran 

(FILES) This combination of pictures created on November 7, 2024 shows Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) speaking after casting his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024, and US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waving at supporters at the end of a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE and CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)   Iran said Monday that the US position on Tehran’s nuclear programme “has moved towards a more realistic one” ahead of a second round of talks. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569656851-0"); }); “A cautious assessment is that, from the discussions that have taken place in Muscat to date, at least what we have been told is that the US position on the Iranian nuclear issue has moved towards a more realistic one,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said, according to the official IRNA news agency. He added that Iran’s “inalienable rights under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) were recognised”, referring to the “peaceful uses of nuclear energy, including enrichment”. Tehran and Washington are due on Tuesday to hold a second round of negotiations — which began this month — after earlier talks collapsed during last year’s Iran-Israel war. READ ALSO: Iran Ready To Compromise On Nuclear Issues If US Lifts Sanctions Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569913499-0"); }); In June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war during which Israel and the United States struck Iranian nuclear facilities. Ahead of the latest talks, Baqaei said Iran would press for the lifting of long-standing US sanctions that have deepened the country’s economic crisis. “Time is of the essence for us. Our people are under the pressure of oppressive sanctions, and reason and logic demand that we lift these sanctions as soon as possible,” he said. Key sticking points include Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, which had reached 60 percent purity before the war and which Washington has repeatedly called on Tehran to reduce to zero. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0"); }); On Sunday, Israel also called for Iran to have “no enrichment capability” and for all of its enriched material to be transferred abroad. Considerable uncertainty surrounds the fate of Iran’s stockpile of more than 400 kilogrammes of 60-percent enriched uranium that was last seen by watchdog inspectors in June before the war. Iran has said its enriched material remains under the rubble of nuclear sites struck during the conflict. Tehran insists on its right to enrichment but has said it is prepared to dilute its highly enriched uranium if all sanctions are lifted. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587060870-0"); }); Dilution involves blending enriched uranium with other material to lower its concentration below a specified threshold. The latest talks come amid heightened tensions after Washington deployed an aircraft carrier group to the Gulf following Iran’s deadly crackdown last month on anti-government protests, which were triggered by economic hardship. Join Our Whatsapp Channel To join: Simply click on the link below & turn on notifications to get the latest updates Subscribe to Our Newsletter In This Article: Iran Nuclear us More Stories Iran Ready To Compromise On Nuclear Issues If US Lifts Sanctions Iran Rejects US Demands, Insists Uranium Enrichment Will Continue Trump Signs Order Threatening Tariffs For Countries Trading With Iran /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * / var disqus_shortname = 'channelstelevision'; // Required - Replace example with your forum shortname / * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

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