Tehran [Iran], November 4: Iran is "not in a hurry" to resume talks with the United States over its nuclear programme, Tehran's foreign minister has told Al Jazeera.
Iran remains prepared to engage in indirect negotiations with Washington if the US chooses to talk "from an equal position based on mutual interest", Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera Arabic in an interview at his office in Tehran. The official also asserted that a critical "shared understanding" regarding Israel is developing across the region.
Tehran's top diplomat said conditions set by the US for talks to resume - which reportedly include an emphasis on direct negotiations, zero uranium enrichment, and limits on Iran's missile stocks and its support for regional allies - are "illogical and unfair".
That makes talks untenable, he suggested. "It appears they are not in a hurry," he remarked. "We are not in a hurry, either." Araghchi's insistence comes despite the pressure from reimposed United Nations sanctions and other challenges facing the Iranian establishment. Oman has for years acted as a mediator between Iran and the US in nuclear, financial, prisoner exchange and other regional issues. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune