‘Majlis to allow talks if sanctions end’

“Majlis’ condition for the continuation of talks is lifting of the sanctions,” said Chairman of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi at a Tuesday conference in the central Iranian city of Khorramabad.

Boroujerdi pointed out that enrichment of uranium is an important principle for Iran, adding, “In these negotiations, the demand of the Iranian nation for the enrichment of uranium will not change under any circumstances.”

The remarks come as the next round of the expert-level talks between Iran and the P5+1– Permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — over Tehran’s nuclear energy program has been scheduled to be held in the Turkish city of Istanbul on July 24.

According to spokesman for European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, the talks would continue after the July 24 meeting between Deputy Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Baqeri and Helga Schmid, a senior member of Ashton’s team.

The spokesman added that SNSC Secretary Saeed Jalili and Ashton would be in contact in the future.

The last expert-level meeting between representatives of Iran and the P5+1 was held on July 3 in Istanbul.

Iran and the P5+1 agreed to hold the expert-level talks during their negotiations in the Russian capital, Moscow, in June.

The Moscow talks came after three sessions of plenary meetings in Baghdad in May and an earlier round of negotiations in the Turkish city of Istanbul in mid-April.

The two sides had, prior to the Istanbul talks, held two rounds of negotiations, one in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2010, and another in Istanbul in January 2011.

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