Senior MP urges G5+1 to recognize Iran's nuclear rights

Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi called on the six world powers (the US, Britain, China, Russia, France and Germany) to show they are honest in their talks with Iran by recognizing the latter's indispensible right to make use of the peaceful nuclear technology.Boroujerdi made the remarks addressing a group of people in the Northwestern city of Ardebil on Wednesday.The Iranian legislator pointed to the recent four rounds and two days of talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 in Almaty last week, and said, "The West will be compelled to recognize Iran's indispensible right to nuclear technology one day."Last week, Iran and the six world powers wrapped up their 4th round of talks after two days of intensive negotiations in Almaty, Kazakhstan.The Iranian team was led by Jalili, who is also the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), and the G5+1's representatives were presided by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.Iran had announced a day prior to the start of the talks that it would enter the negotiations with the G5+1 with clear, groundbreaking proposals.Iran has so far ruled out halting or limiting its nuclear work in exchange for trade and other incentives, saying that renouncing its rights under the NPT would encourage the world powers to put further pressure on the country and would not lead to a change in the West's hardline stance on Tehran.Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment. The United States and the European Union have ratcheted up their sanctions on Iran this year to force it to curb its nuclear program.Iranian officials have always shrugged off the sanctions, saying that pressures make them strong and reinvigorate their resolve to further move towards self-sufficiency.