U.S. leads the negotiations on Iranian nuclear program

Representatives of Iran and the United States are meeting in Geneva on Monday and Tuesday, to unclog nuclear negotiations will resume next week in Vienna. The fact that both have announced the meeting, the first bilateral from their secret contacts in Oman last year, constitutes a small step forward in relations, frozen after the Iranian revolution of 1979. Further indicates that the two Governments have genuine interest in overcoming the differences that have been highlighted as the deadline approaches to achieve a permanent settlement.

The U.S. team is formed, in addition to its chief negotiator, Wendy Sherman, William Burns, Deputy Secretary of State, Jake Sullivan, security adviser to Vice President, said Saturday the U.S. State Department. The presence of both is highly significant as it led a secret delegation in March 2013 met with senior Iranian officials in Muscat, and laid the basis for the preliminary agreement last November that unlocked a decade of fruitless talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

Under the terms of the Plan of Action agreed on then the six major powers (U.S., China, Russia, UK, France and Germany) and the Islamic Republic have until July 20 to reach an agreement that will convince the first that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons, and Iran meet its own aspirations to develop nuclear power. The importance of this point has become clear today during the visit of President Hasan Rohani takes to Turkey, where he re-emphasized ” the right of every country ” to peaceful nuclear technology.

Six seek to limit Tehran ‘s program, lengthening the time it takes to make a bomb. In return we offer lift the international sanctions which have been punishing his defiance of Security Council resolutions. However, when only one month left to negotiate, both sides remain far apart positions on the scope that the Iranian nuclear project will have in the future.

Although the content of their exchanges is kept secret, it has emerged that Iran is trying to get a hold of uranium enrichment (the process that produces fuel for both nuclear power plants and, to a higher level of purity, for weapons) far above what powers considered acceptable. Moreover, Tehran rejects the rate at which its partners propose lifting of sanctions and that would extend from 10 to 20 years. He also wants to limit the time in which you will have to undergo special inspections of the UN inspectors.

” The six powers have to make difficult decisions to reach a final agreement,” said Iranian Deputy Foreign Abbas Araghchi, arriving at Geneva in front of his delegation.

In a sign of the sensitivity of the hand to hand with the U.S. is for Iranians, Araghchi said on Sunday that it was actually ” a trilateral because with the presence of Helga Schmidt”, the number two of Catherine Ashton, the head of European diplomacy. Ashton, whose spokesman confirmed that end, acting as coordinator of the six major powers in nuclear talks. Araghchi also announced it will hold a similar meeting with the Russian negotiators from Wednesday in Rome.

But all the nuances do not prevent the reality that Iranians and Americans have felt the need to explore together how to get out of the impasse that the negotiations have come. Although the Action Plan envisages the possibility of extending for another six months, there is the conviction that it would not help. In addition, Ashton concludes his term next October and Burns also announced plans to retire that month, which adds some urgency to complete the mission in July.

There is a risk that the Geneva meeting awaken suspicion in the other countries involved in the negotiation process, particularly France, that Washington and Tehran are trying to reach a bilateral agreement that does not take into account some of their concerns. But U.S. spokesmen have assured the press in his country that the objective of the meeting is to give impetus to the negotiations, not replace them. The result will be starting next Monday when all will be in Vienna, if all goes well, discuss a final draft.

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