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               Iran Expresses Readiness for Further Nuclear Talks

   by VOA News

   Iran's top nuclear negotiator says Tehran is ready to continue talks
   about its nuclear program with world powers at any time.
   Saeed Jalili said Thursday that a meeting with negotiators from the
   five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus
   Germany can happen either before or after Iran holds its June
   presidential election.
   He also reiterated Iran's position that it has the right to enrich
   uranium.  The world powers, known as the P5+1, are pushing for Iran to
   stop some of its enrichment activity.
   Jalili's comments come a day after he met with European Union foreign
   policy chief Catherine Ashton in Istanbul to discuss the possibility of
   holding another round of talks.
   Also Wednesday, the U.N.'s top nuclear inspector, Herman Nackaerts,
   said separate talks with Iran ended with no agreement and no date for
   further negotiations.
   U.N. inspectors want access to Iranian nuclear facilities and
   documents.  The International Atomic Energy Agency is concerned Iran
   may be building a nuclear weapon and wants to visit such places as the
   Parchin military site.  Iran says Parchin is a standard military
   facility and insists its nuclear program is peaceful.
   The U.N. Security Council has passed multiple rounds of sanctions
   against Iran related to its nuclear program. The United States and
   other Western nations have enacted their own sanctions, including those
   targeting Iran's key oil exports.
   The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday imposed sanctions on a trading
   company and an exchange house in the United Arab Emirates for dealing
   with a blacklisted Iranian bank.
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