Ahmadinejad: Israel wants Iran nuclear issue to remain unresolved
In wake of failed P5+1 talks in Turkey, Iranian president says he hopes to resume talks with world powers concerning Iran's nuclear program, urging mutual justice and respect.
By Reuters Tags: Israel news Iran nuclear Israel and other Western interests are intentionally perpetuating global controversy around Iran's nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, following an uneventful round of P5+1 talks in Istanbul.
Two days of talks with the United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain ended without progress on Saturday with the group's lead negotiator, Catherine Ashton, saying no further meeting had been scheduled.
Pointing on Sunday to the reasons he saw behind the stalemate in nuclear talks, Ahmadinejad said that "Uncultured Zionists and some people in America and Europe are hopeful the issues remain unresolved."
The Iranian president added that Tehran hope to resume talks with world powers concerned about its nuclear program, saying that if "the other party is determined and committed to law, justice and respect, there is hope that in the next sessions good results would be achieved."
Ahmadinejad spoke as if there were no question that the talks would resume. "In the upcoming meetings there will be good agreements made, provided the two parties remain committed to the spirit of the talks," he said during one of his regular trips to the provinces.
The talks, held in the Turkish city of Istanbul, were meant to address Iran's standoff with countries that fear it may be developing nuclear weapons.
Tehran says its nuclear program is peaceful and has ignored UN Security Council resolutions demanding it suspend uranium enrichment, the process which can make fuel for atomic power plants or, if done to a very high level, the fissile core of a nuclear bomb.
Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said after the Istanbul talks: "The process can go forward if Iran chooses to respond positively ... The door remains open. The choice remains in Iran's hands."
Iran says the other countries must respect its "nuclear rights" and that its enrichment activities are not negotiable. Ahmadinejad said Iran considers sanctions which were tightened last year illegal, and that it would not give in to "bullying".
The prospect of an Iranian atom bomb fans fears of a broader Middle East conflict should the United States or Israel opt to attack it, a mooted last-ditch option were diplomacy to fail.
Two days of talks with the United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain ended without progress on Saturday with the group's lead negotiator, Catherine Ashton, saying no further meeting had been scheduled.
 | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, November 10, 2010. |
| Photo by: AP |
The Iranian president added that Tehran hope to resume talks with world powers concerned about its nuclear program, saying that if "the other party is determined and committed to law, justice and respect, there is hope that in the next sessions good results would be achieved."
Ahmadinejad spoke as if there were no question that the talks would resume. "In the upcoming meetings there will be good agreements made, provided the two parties remain committed to the spirit of the talks," he said during one of his regular trips to the provinces.
The talks, held in the Turkish city of Istanbul, were meant to address Iran's standoff with countries that fear it may be developing nuclear weapons.
Tehran says its nuclear program is peaceful and has ignored UN Security Council resolutions demanding it suspend uranium enrichment, the process which can make fuel for atomic power plants or, if done to a very high level, the fissile core of a nuclear bomb.
Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said after the Istanbul talks: "The process can go forward if Iran chooses to respond positively ... The door remains open. The choice remains in Iran's hands."
Iran says the other countries must respect its "nuclear rights" and that its enrichment activities are not negotiable. Ahmadinejad said Iran considers sanctions which were tightened last year illegal, and that it would not give in to "bullying".
The prospect of an Iranian atom bomb fans fears of a broader Middle East conflict should the United States or Israel opt to attack it, a mooted last-ditch option were diplomacy to fail.
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