Iran urges commitment to Geneva deal

Iran has urged both parties to an interim deal on Tehran’s nuclear energy program to live up to their commitments under the agreement signed in Geneva.

Tehran’s nuclear activities are peaceful, transparent and in accordance with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American affairs Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi further told visiting Former French Foreign Minister Hervé de Charette in a meeting on Sunday.

On January 12, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - Russia, China, France, Britain, and the US - plus Germany finalized an agreement on ways to implement the interim nuclear deal the two sides struck in Geneva on November 24, 2013. The accord, which went into effect on January 20, is aimed at setting the stage for the full resolution of the decade-old standoff over Iran’s nuclear energy program.

On January 20, Iran suspended the enrichment of uranium to the 20-percent purity level at Natanz and Fordow nuclear sites in the presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors and removed connections between cascades of centrifuges used to produce 20 percent enriched uranium.

Iran also started the process to dilute and oxidize its 196-kg stockpile of 20-percent-enriched uranium.

Takht-e-Ravanchi further underscored that Iran acted in good faith in the negotiations and in the implementation of the Geneva deal, and “has nothing to hide.”‌

 De Charette, for his part, expressed satisfaction with the Geneva nuclear deal, saying Iran and France should take advantage of the new atmosphere to develop bilateral relations.

The two officials also discussed Tehran-Paris relations, regional and international issues and developments in the European Union.

Source: presstv.com