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Iran Six representatives to meet in Germany on September 2

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Diplomats from the Iran Six group of countries will discuss the situation around Iran's controversial nuclear program on September 2 in Germany, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Diplomats from the Iran Six group of countries will discuss the situation around Iran's controversial nuclear program on September 2 in Germany, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Iran is under a series of UN Security Council sanctions amid demands that it cease uranium enrichment that could be possibly used for the development of nuclear weapons.

"On September 2, [Iran Six] political directors are scheduled to meet in Frankfurt to discuss and assess the current progress in the settlement of the Iranian nuclear program," said Igor Lyakin-Frolov, a deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's information and press department.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov represents Russia in the Iran Six, which also includes Germany, China, the United States, France and Britain.

The United States and other Western countries accuse Iran of developing nuclear weapons under its peaceful nuclear program. Tehran has repeatedly denied the accusations, saying its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes only.

At the beginning of April, the Iran Six asked Iran to return to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear program, and the G8 countries reiterated the request in July, calling for Tehran to discuss before September possible trade benefits that could be offered in exchange for abandoning nuclear enrichment or face harsher penalties.

Iran said earlier in August it was ready to hold talks with the West on its nuclear program, but without any preliminary conditions.

 

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