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Nuclear Issue
- Said Jalili, Supreme National Security Council secretary and nuclear negotiator, in a letter to Catherine Ashton, EU's foreign policy coordinator, criticizes "delay" in negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the 5+1 Group at deputy level.
- Jalili participates at the International Saint Petersburg Security Conference.
- Deputy Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Baqeri, in a letter to Helga Schmitt, Catherine Ashton's deputy, stresses the importance of expert level meetings prior to the Moscow negotiations.
- As a spokesman of Ashton says Catherine Ashton has answered Baqeri's letter, Media Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council writes that the letter not only fails to answer Baqeri's letter, it is also "contrary to the Baghdad agreements."
- Ahmadinejad attending the Shanghai Pact's Summit in Beijing meets the prime minister of China:
- "Their opposition to the Islamic Republic's use of peaceful nuclear energy is because of their conviction that Iran's progress is not in their interest. They are always interested in Iran being backward and dependent on them in order to satisfy its needs... Iran is fully prepared to continue the negotiations in Moscow or even in China and has presented good proposals. However, since we, after the Baghdad negotiations and based on the agreements reached there, have on several occasions demanded continuation of the negotiations at the level of the deputies of Mrs. Ashton and the Supreme National Security Council secretary's deputy and no result was achieved, we believe that the Westerners are making up excuses and are trying to kill time... The islamic Republic, despite the Western countries' lack of inclination to reach a result in the nuclear issue, is always ready to continue negotiations... My colleagues are following this issue within the framework of the law... most certainly, the policies of the government of China at the international level - to solve this issue as fast as possible - will help this issue. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not expect that the nuclear issue is solved at one meeting..."
- Hossein Shariatmadari, Kayhan editor, warns that "whenever we do not consider negotiations expedient we will not hesitate stopping them."
Photos of the Day
- Islamic Awakening Seminar in Tehran.
- Barbie avec hijab.
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