Tehran Friday Prayer Leader: Urges Iran’s N. Negotiators Not to Succumb to West’s Pressures

Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Seddiqi hailed Iran’s nuclear negotiating team’s determination to reach a final deal with the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany), but urged the team not to accept any excessive demands by the world powers.

The Friday prayers leader said that Iran will continue the nuclear talks to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear program but has no trust in the world powers.

He said that Iran will not give up its right for peaceful use of nuclear energy and urged the negotiating team to resist G5+1 illegal demands.

The 7th round of talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 started in New York last Friday.

The two sides held six rounds of negotiations in Vienna to reach a comprehensive deal after they inked an interim agreement in Geneva on November 24.

The Geneva agreement took effect on January 20 and expired six months later on July 20. In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend negotiations until November 24 after they failed to reach an agreement on a number of key issues.

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