Increased Likelihood of Continued Negotiations After July 1

Hana Kavyani, a reporter for Radio Farda in Vienna, reports that Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, will return to Tehran on Sunday night as scheduled and will return to Vienna, the site of nuclear negotiations, after one day in Tehran. Laurent Fabius, the French Foreign Minister, is also expected to leave Vienna on Sunday night to host an environmental summit in New York. According to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), the media officer for the Iranian team in Vienna told reporters: "As previously mentioned, if more time is needed to work on the text of the agreement, negotiations may continue after the July 1 deadline. Given that there is still much work to be done, the delegations will remain in Vienna after July 1 and continue negotiations to reach a good comprehensive agreement." He emphasized that "there is still no will or discussion regarding a longer-term extension of the negotiations." The 1+5 negotiators have not yet definitively confirmed the need to continue negotiations after July 1. "Iranian negotiators are reviewing the plan to sell enriched uranium," reports indicate that in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and Western powers, with three days remaining until the deadline, Iranian negotiators are currently focusing on the issue of transferring enriched uranium from Iran to abroad. This was stated by two diplomats who wished to remain anonymous to the Associated Press on Saturday, July 6. The U.S., concerned about the potential use of this enriched uranium in possible nuclear bomb programs in Iran, welcomes the plan to send or sell these materials from Iran to another country for use in reactor fuel. Iran, which denies any intention to use these materials to build nuclear weapons, currently possesses more than eight tons of enriched uranium. The Iranian negotiating team’s renewed focus on this issue comes as senior Iranian officials had publicly rejected the plan to send enriched uranium out of Iran in earlier negotiations. One diplomat told the Associated Press that Russia is one of the main candidates to potentially receive these materials from Iran. According to him, if this plan is accepted, Moscow will convert these materials on its territory, and Iran will also gain significant profits from selling these materials to Russia. The nuclear negotiations between Iran and global powers continue, and in this context, Mohammad Javad Zarif and John Kerry, the foreign ministers of Iran and the U.S., met bilaterally in Vienna on Saturday morning. These negotiations are aimed at reaching a final nuclear agreement by June 30, the July 1 deadline. A senior Western diplomat described the current stage of negotiations as a sensitive phase. According to a Radio Farda correspondent in Vienna, this unnamed senior official stated that the negotiations in their final days are very tough and intense. The report indicates that in the coming days, four foreign ministers will join the negotiations, and Russia and China will participate at the deputy minister level. Mogherini: We are flexible for a few days extension of the negotiation deadline. According to Hana Kavyani, a Radio Farda correspondent in Vienna, Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign policy chief, said on Sunday in Vienna that "these negotiations will be difficult, but based on the needs of the international community, there is political will towards reaching a good agreement." Ms. Mogherini added: "Today our focus is on the political issues that remain contentious. We are guiding our teams to finalize the work in the coming days. We are committed to this timeline, but if it takes a few more days like Lausanne, we are flexible in this regard." The EU's foreign policy chief continued, "The important thing is that the political understanding we reached in previous months turns into a comprehensive agreement, and if the necessary political will exists, this will be achieved." Federica Mogherini emphasized that "the discussions will be difficult and have always been difficult, but they are not impossible, and as I said, it is a matter of political will. The reasons we want to reach an agreement are still valid, and it can be said that these reasons are more relevant than ever." A tweet from Radio Farda's reporter regarding Federica Mogherini's entry into the negotiations and her statements: Notification of the law obligating the government to "preserve nuclear achievements". Ali Larijani, advisor to the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, announced on Sunday that he has notified the President of the law known as "the obligation of the government to preserve the country's nuclear achievements." This bill was approved by the Guardian Council last week and became law. This plan presents demands as prerequisites for Iran's acceptance of the final nuclear agreement. Among these demands are the "complete and immediate lifting of sanctions against Iran" and the "prohibition" of the International Atomic Energy Agency's access to military, security, and sensitive non-nuclear sites. Deputy of the Armed Forces of Iran: Inspections of military sites are prohibited. Masoud Jazayeri, Deputy for Basij and Defensive Culture of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran, said on Sunday, July 7, in an interview with Tasnim News Agency: "Any inspection or granting access to foreigners under the guise of safeguards or protocols or additional protocols to military centers of the Islamic Republic of Iran is prohibited." He added: "It is obvious that we cannot provide military information to others. The Americans and their allies have been trying for years to gain access to our military information and are under the delusion that due to the pressure of sanctions, they can achieve their wishes and desires in today's situation, which will never happen." Meanwhile, Western parties are also demanding such inspections, and in the latest statements on this matter, Laurent Fabius, the French Foreign Minister, said on Saturday that "serious inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities and, if necessary, its military sites" are one of France's three main conditions for reaching a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran.