Russia Sees Chances to Lift Iran Sanctions Via Int’l Talks

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Russia said that chances have emerged to lift sanctions on Iran as a result of international talks on Tehran's nuclear program, in a statement on Thursday.

Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement: "Despite difficult course of the negotiating process, a possibility emerges to satisfy in full all integral rights of Iran as member state of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, including the right to enrich uranium and lifting sanctions regime." 

This is while International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] has issued a new report earlier, confirming Iran's commitment to an interim nuclear deal it signed with six world powers last year in 2013.

The monthly update report by the IAEA indicated that Iran is continuing to meet its commitments under the interim accord that came into effect in January.

The report added that Tehran has begun using about 3.5 kg of its 20 percent enriched uranium in oxide form to produce fuel as agreed under an earlier agreement to extend the interim deal, which expired on July 20.

Moreover, Director General of the IAEA Yukiya Amano said on August 18 that he expects progress will be made over Iran's nuclear energy program within the next week.
Amano said Iran had started implementing five nuclear transparency measures ahead of the August 25 deadline for Tehran to provide the agency with a new set of information on its nuclear energy program.

Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - China, Russia, Britain, France, and the United States - plus Germany clinched a landmark interim deal in the Swiss city of Geneva on November 24, 2013.

Under the Geneva deal, the six countries undertook to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for it agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities during a six-month period.

In July, Iran and the six countries agreed to extend their discussions until November 24 in an effort to achieve a permanent nuclear deal.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team