Chairman of the Nuclear Committee of Parliament: The US Proposal to Iran is a Nuclear Turkmenchay

Ebrahim Karkani, the Chairman of the Nuclear Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, has reported on an eight-page proposal from the United States to Iran during the Oman negotiations, stating that this plan is a "nuclear Turkmenchay." In an interview with the Tasnim news agency published on Sunday, November 25, he said: "The Americans, in a brazen move, disrupted the negotiation equations by presenting eight-page proposals in Muscat. The eight-page proposal from the US in Muscat is a nuclear Turkmenchay treaty that the negotiating team will never accept." Karkani further explained that "the Americans' plan to limit the number of centrifuges to a decorative rotation and vegetative life, halt research and development to the level of old generation centrifuges (generation one), and the long-term shutdown of the heavy water reactor in Arak under the pretext of redesigning and changing its nature to light water, along with announcing unlimited and surprise inspections of all nuclear facilities and, consequently, military facilities." According to Ebrahim Karkani, these proposals "after a year of intense negotiations and a complete halt to the progress of nuclear activities and the destruction of a significant portion of nuclear reserves, are an unjust proposal that has brought the negotiations to a standstill, and in a new game, the US intends to impose it in a bullying manner." The Chairman of the Nuclear Committee of Parliament has asked President Hassan Rouhani to declare that "we are not seeking an agreement at any cost, but the price of an agreement with the Iranian nation is the preservation of the five nuclear lines." Previously, Aladdin Boroujerdi, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Parliament, had also described the Oman negotiations as "challenging, serious, and bitter." Meanwhile, Fars and Mizan news agencies reported on the meeting between Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, and Catherine Ashton, the coordinator of the 1+5 group, on Tuesday, November 27, in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The Guardian newspaper also noted that the US and other world powers would also be present in these negotiations. The British newspaper wrote on Sunday, November 25, that the Vienna negotiations would bring the parties closer to a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Iran and world powers have set December 3 as their deadline for reaching such an agreement. Fars news agency also reported that Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Iranian nuclear negotiating team are set to travel to Vienna early Tuesday to participate in the tenth round of comprehensive nuclear negotiations and "conduct bilateral and multilateral discussions to resolve differences and reach a comprehensive agreement." Meanwhile, Aladdin Boroujerdi, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, told Tasnim news agency that "given the Americans' excessive demands in the Oman negotiations, there is no bright outlook for the Vienna negotiations." Mr. Boroujerdi also stated that "there is also a will on both sides for these negotiations in Vienna to yield results." In response to the question of "Is the likelihood of reaching an agreement in Vienna less than 50 percent?" he said, "It could be that way, although a proposal has been made by the West in recent days to extend the negotiations and provide more time for the parties to negotiate." However, The Guardian reported that there are also disagreements among the six world powers involved in the talks with Iran, particularly France, which is more cautious than others regarding a potential final agreement. The Guardian added that for France, economic interests and cooperation with Arabs, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are more important than economic interests in Iran. In the US, the Obama administration is under pressure from Congress, particularly the Republican Party, which advocates a hardline approach towards the Islamic Republic. However, Iran states that such an issue is an internal problem for the US and does not concern Tehran. The previous round of nuclear talks between Iran, the US, France, the UK, Germany, China, and Russia was held in Muscat, the capital of Oman.