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Six-Party Nuclear Talks to Restart in Near Future - Iran

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Iran will meet for talks with "six party" representatives over its nuclear activities in the "nearest future" Iran's IRNA agency reported on Tuesday, quoting foreign ministry official Ramin Mekhmanparsat.

Iran will meet for talks with "six party" representatives over its nuclear activities in the "nearest future" Iran's IRNA agency reported on Tuesday, quoting foreign ministry official Ramin Mekhmanparsat.

The secretary of Iran's higher security council, Saeed Jalili, expressed his readiness to meet the six (Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.S.) in a letter to EU foreign policy representative Catherine Ashton, Jalili said.

Mekhmanparsat did not specify an exact date or venue for the talks but Istanbul was suggested.

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi had previously said that Iran was ready to talk, but a venue had to be agreed first.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Akhmet Davutoglu said in February that Turkey was ready to host the talks.

The United States and its western allies suspect Iran of concealing a nuclear weapons development program behind its civil nuclear activities. Tehran has always denied the accusations.

Several states have declared resolutions and implemented sanctions against Iran, demanding it make transparent its nuclear program and particularly its uranium enrichment activity.

A group of international intermediaries on the Iran problem sent a joint declaration to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 8 calling for Iran to return to dialogue without preconditions.

The six-party group of international intermediaries and the IAEA have since 2003 demanded Iran cease uranium enrichment work, which they claim threatens the nuclear non-proliferation regime. Talks were suspended in 2009 after the IAEA accused Iran of building undeclared nuclear facilities.

 

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