Iran proposes live broadcast of nuclear talks with 5+1: Iranian FM spokesman

TEHRAN,Nov.4(MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that the Islamic Republic’s stance in nuclear talks with the six major powers is “crystal clear” and Tehran has even proposed that the talks be broadcast live. He also said, “We have nothing to hide.” He added that Iran’s proposals on the talks with the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) do not give the group any pretext for undermining Tehran’s nuclear rights. Mehmanparast also emphasized that if the disputes over Iran’s nuclear program were not politically motivated, they would have been resolved by now. “The disputes are neither technical nor legal but political,” he said, adding that the Iranian nation will never retreat from its nuclear rights under the West’s pressure. Commenting on some remarks that if Iran retreated from its nuclear rights, sanctions imposed on the country would be lifted, Mehmanparast said that the hostile measures of the West against the Islamic Republic over the past three decades are indicative of the fact that Tehran’s nuclear program is only a pretext. During the early years of the Islamic Revolution, Iran did not perform any nuclear activity, but the West had the same stance toward Iran and took hostile measures against the country, Mehmanparast stated.