(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “Turkey believes there should be no limitation on the way of peaceful nuclear activities of Iran,” Davutoglu said.
In relevant remarks, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the hope that Tehran’s nuclear standoff with the West would be resolved during the ongoing talks between Iran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) in Geneva.
“I hope that an acceptable solution for settling Iran’s nuclear case will be found in the near future,” Putin told reporters after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow.
“The discussions between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) have shown that finding a solution is possible and we are optimistic about it,” President Putin said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (who presides over the delegations of the six world powers in the talks with Iran) in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments before the start of the high-profile Iran-G5+1 talks.
Ashton chaired a meeting of the E3/EU+3 Political Directors ahead of her bilateral meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister.
On November 7-9, Iran and the major world powers held three days of intense discussions in the Swiss city of Geneva. The two sides did not reach an agreement but stressed that significant progress had been made and expressed optimism about the prospects of a possible deal in the future.
The Iranian lawmakers plan to discuss approval of a bill in the next few days which will require the government of President Rouhani to protect the country’s nuclear rights in its negotiations with the world powers.
The 14-clause bill of the law has been presented to the legislature's presiding board and will be raised in an open session of the parliament in coming days.
The bill requires the government to continue development of sites and enrichment facilities, including Natanz enrichment facility, to produce fuel for powerful 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors for the power plants the country plans to build to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power.
It also demands the government to continue building and installing second and third-generation centrifuges to replace the country's first-generation centrifuge machines at Iran's uranium enrichment sites in a bid to enhance economic and industrial productivity of nuclear fuel production.
The bill also requires the government to continue depositing enriched uranium until having enough storage for the production of the nuclear fuel needed by every power plant of the country in three years.
It also urges continued exploration and development of uranium mines across the country according to the country's plans.
The bill underlines continued uranium enrichment at 20 percent-grade both to meet Iran's need to nuclear fuel for its research reactor in Tehran which produces radioisotopes for various medical purposes and for possible trade in the global market.
The bill will also necessitate the government to continue completion of Arak heavy water reactor.
It meantime requires the government to continue necessary cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
It also necessitates the government to take retaliatory measures against any of those states party to the nuclear talks with Iran which embarks on imposing sanctions or other unfriendly actions against Iranian bodies or individuals.
The bill also reiterates that any agreement with the demands of the parties to the nuclear talks with Iran should fall within the framework of the liabilities mentioned in the non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
All-out support and protection for nuclear scientists and experts, nuclear cooperation and interaction with independent and friendly nations, production and export of commercial nuclear products, specially nuclear medicines, and establishment and development of nuclear research centers and nuclear colleges as well as their equipment are among the other items mentioned in the bill.
The bill will be raised at the parliament in the next few days.
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