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TEHRAN, June 2 (Xinhua) — Iran will not respond positively to the U.S. draft proposal on Iran’s nuclear program that contains “radical and maximalist” demands, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday.
E. Baghaei made the statement during a weekly press conference in Tehran, commenting on the US proposal for a possible agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, presented to Iran on May 31 by Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud al-Busaidi.
Baghaei said Iran and the US were aware of each other’s “red lines,” stressing Iran’s insistence on continuing to enrich uranium and ensuring the effective lifting of what he called “cruel” sanctions. These two conditions, he said, should be integral to any potential agreement with the US.
He stressed that the lifting of sanctions remains Iran’s main demand in the ongoing indirect talks with the West on its nuclear program.
The official noted Iran’s readiness to take confidence-building and transparency measures regarding its nuclear program under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, but stressed the need for guarantees of a real lifting of sanctions imposed on Tehran over the past decades.
E. Baghaei said the United States had not provided clarification on the lifting of sanctions, adding that Iran needed a clear understanding of the mechanisms for lifting them and guarantees that it would be able to see the results of lifting sanctions, especially in sectors such as foreign trade, the economy and banking.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Sunday that Iran was preparing a response to the US proposal, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported. -0-