Iran presents enrichment needs ahead of talks
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has discussed the next step in nuclear negotiations and Iran's fuel needs on Iranian television.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi has spoken on Iranian television about the political and technical setbacks in the most recent nuclear talks between Iran the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1).
During the Jan. 11 interview, Salehi said, “They had almost reached a complete deal. … Something happened [and] the opposing side suddenly pulled back.”
Salehi viewed the P5+1's sudden retreat as connected to comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few days later about the lack of a comprehensive deal and US Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments that Israel was informed of the talks. Salehi added, “They see their interests in the continuation of the crisis.”
There will be a foreign ministers meeting in Geneva on Jan. 14. The two remaining problems in the talks are the process of removing the sanctions and enrichment, according to Salehi.
