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DIPLOMACY: Iran: a new round of negotiations seems to be emerging

 

Diplomats still struggling Saturday, November 9 at night in Geneva to remove obstacles to an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, but the possibility of an agreement seemed é loigner amid differences between Westerners. Iran has in turn already raised the possibility of new negotiations on failure.

Tehran, President Hassan Rohani, the new policy has led to a resumption and intensification of direct dialogue between Iranians and Americans, called Do not miss this "unique opportunity" to move forward after a decade of confrontation on suspected by the West to include a military component in the manufacture of atomic weapons program.

"I hope the parties negotiating with Iran within the 5 +1 group will use the unique opportunity created by the Iranian nation to achieve a result positive within a reasonable time, "said Mr. Rohani, according to the official news agency IRNA.

L'' Iran warned by the voice of his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, that the absence of agreement in the evening, on the third day of talks, a new round of talks should be organized in seven to ten days and that negotiations would not extend Sunday.  

The intransigence of France criticized

The insistence of the head of French diplomacy Laurent Fabius to seek greater engagement with Iran on certain aspects of its nuclear program could have a military dimension, began to be much criticized among other Western negotiators and Tehran.

"The U.S., the European Union and the Iranians have worked intensively for months on this proposal and it is nothing more than an attempt by Fabius to give the importance late, "he told reporters a Western diplomat. 

After a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Laurent Fabius felt again that "important questions remain, particularly on the Arak reactor, as well as the stock and enrichment" ,.

Faced with criticism, the French diplomats remain firm. "We want to avoid the euphoria of the glass half full," they say in the French delegation, recalling that in 2003, an agreement had been reached and that it had failed.

For their part, Iranian MPs on Saturday criticized the intransigence of France during these negotiations, accusing Fabius defend "positions" of Israel die , nonce the agreement under discussion.

"The attitude of the representative of France shows that this country is blackmail," responded Hossein Taghavi, spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Iranian parliament, cited by the Fars. "While the French people want improved relations between Tehran and Paris, the French government prefers unfortunately defend the position of the Zionist regime,"- he added.

"Progress already made"

The pending agreement in Geneva is a measure of hopes raised by the election of Mr. Rohani, the more measured tone, which made for several overtures to the West and expressed its willingness to quickly resolve the dispute over the nuclear to lift the international sanctions that plague e , Iranian economy.

"We must do everything we can to seize the moment and the opportunity to reach an agreement that the world has not been able to get for a long time", said the Chief British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who seems committed to bring the points of view among Westerners.

It is prudent, however, wanted and explained that it was impossible for the moment to say that "there will be (it) an agreement tonight." "But if there is not, we will continue in the coming weeks, building on the progress already made."

Since Thursday intense consultations continued under the leadership of Catherine Ashton, the foreign policy chief of the EU, mandated by the UN. Discussions with two or three successive. The United States, France, Germany, Great Britain, China and Russia are negotiating with Iran an "interim agreement" on Iran's nuclear program before moving on to a permanent agreement. The six powers suspect Iran will acquire nuclear weapons under cover of a civilian program, which Tehran denies.

The project agreement with an experiment on six months would focus on sanctions relief with a commitment in return for Iran to suspend partially or totally uranium enrichment, a process that allows led to 90% of a nuclear bomb.

The reactor at Arak heavy (Track for a nuclear weapon this time with plutonium) water, mentioned by Laurent Fabius, will enter service next summer. Once that work, it would be very difficult to stop, according to experts.

Other outstanding issues include that the future of the stock of 20% enriched uranium. According to media reports, Tehran could agree to freeze for six months the activity of its most powerful centrifuges, in a gesture of goodwill.

Israela very strongly warned against any agreement with Iran that would not dismantle its nuclear program.

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