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欧盟、俄罗斯和伊朗参加重启伊核协议维也纳会谈的代表当日表态，对相关方会谈取得的“进展”表示积极评价。本次会谈旨在确定美国应该取消哪些制裁项，伊朗应该采取哪些步骤停止核计划进程。参加会谈的还包括英国、中国、法国和德国的代表，美国未参加。此前，伊朗纳塔兹核设施的电网遭受网络攻击并发生爆炸，会谈前一天，伊朗总统宣布开启纯度达60%的更先进的铀浓缩活动，这些给会谈带来了阴影。伊朗原子能机构发言人17日称，该机构“证实”已经开始铀浓缩活动，纯度已达到55.3%，而且国际原子能机构现场核查员已经取样，并正在检测。欧盟特使恩里克·莫拉17日称，会谈在这样的情况下取得进展，绝非易事，目前需要进一步讨论细节工作。俄罗斯大使米哈伊尔·乌里扬诺夫称，会谈各方对目前进展表示满意，期望继续会谈，尽可能完成既定议程。伊朗谈判代表阿巴斯·阿拉格奇评论说，在联合委员会主持下的会谈是愉快的，新的伊核协议似乎已初现端倪，有望达成共同一致的最终目标，但要实现目前各方趋于一致的路径，没那么简单，分歧尚未解决，后续的会谈要重在减少分歧。美国总统拜登表态称，这些目前还无助于打破僵局，但欣慰的是，伊朗同意继续进行讨论。

Envoys to Iran nuclear talks hail ‘progress’ in Vienna

by AFP Staff Writers  Vienna (AFP) April 17, 2021，SPACE WAR

The EU, Russia and Iran hailed progress at nuclear talks Saturday as discussions resumed in Vienna following an attack on one of Tehran’s nuclear sites.

The talks also took place just a day after Iran said it had started producing uranium at 60-percent purity following an explosion at its Natanz nuclear facility that it blamed on arch-foe Israel.

The Islamic republic had warned it would sharply ramp up its enrichment of uranium earlier this week.

A spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told AFP Saturday the agency had “verified” that Iran had begun this process and that according to Tehran the enrichment level was 55.3 percent.

IAEA inspectors have taken a sample to check and will report back to member states in due course, the agency added.

News of Tehran’s latest actions cast a shadow over the talks in Vienna aimed at rescuing a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers that the United States ditched almost three years ago.

European Union envoy Enrique Mora said Saturday that “progress has been made in a far from easy task. We need now more detailed work”.

Russian ambassador to Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov added that “participants took note with satisfaction of the progress made so far and expressed determination to continue negotiations with a view to complete the process successfully as soon as possible”.

– ‘Common final goal’ –

The discussions involved EU officials and representatives from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and Iran.

The talks are aimed at determining which sanctions the United States should lift and the measures Iran has to take in order to rein in Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Iran delegation head Abbas Araghchi remarked on Telegram that “a good discussion took place within the joint commission.

“It appears that a new agreement is taking shape and there is now a common final goal among all,” he added.

While noting that all sides appeared to agree on which path to take, Araghchi cautioned: “This will not be an easy path.

“It is not as if disagreements have been resolved. There are still serious disagreements that must be reduced during future negotiations.”

On Friday, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, confirmed Iran was now producing uranium enriched to 60 percent purity, taking the country closer to the 90-percent level required for use in a nuclear weapon.

“The enrichment of uranium to 60 percent is underway” in Natanz, he was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying.

– Biden ‘pleased’ –

US President Joe Biden said this would not help resolve the standoff.

But he added: “We are nonetheless pleased that Iran has continued to agree to engage in discussions.”

Iran has repeatedly insisted it is not seeking atomic weapons, but has gradually rolled back its nuclear commitments since 2019, the year after Washington withdrew from the accord and began imposing sanctions.

The 2015 deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), gave Iran relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.

Iran had committed to keep enrichment to 3.67 percent, a level it raised to 20 percent in January.

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