Tehran, YJC. Top Iranian negotiator reiterates that there has been no agreement on Fordo or Arak facilities.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister in EU and Americas Affairs
and top nuclear negotiator in response to recent statements by the US Under
Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said "Time and again I have told Mrs. Sherman in
public and private that we understand that they got problems inside the
Congress. But it is their problem and they are forced to make statements in
order to justify things to the congressmen or to the public mind. We understand
that, but they have no right to do so on our account, saying things that aren’t
true.”
Abbas Araqchi stated "Regarding that, I specifically pointed
out that no agreement has been made regarding Fordo or Arak. I have maintained
that there has been progress in the talks, and that doesn’t mean any agreement
must have come by.”
He also pointed to the freeing of Iran’s frozen assets by
the West and said "Last Friday the first installment was due. Based on the
trend we have followed in the past 6 months, the freeing was officially carried
out and then the official measures were taken to transfer the sum to the
Central Bank account.”