“ASSURANCES”
In early July, a team of IAEA inspectors left Iran to return to the organisation’s headquarters in Vienna after Tehran suspended cooperation.
The talks were aimed at regulating Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Before agreeing to any new meeting, “we are examining its timing, its location, its form, its ingredients, the assurances it requires”, said Araghchi, who also serves as Iran’s lead negotiator.
He said that any talks would focus only on Iran’s nuclear activities, not its military capabilities.
“If negotiations are held … the subject of the negotiations will be only nuclear and creating confidence in Iran’s nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions,” he told diplomats in Tehran.
“No other issues will be subject to negotiation.”
Araghchi also warned that reimposing UN sanctions could eliminate Europe’s role in the process.
