Iran conditions resumption of negotiations on practical US steps

Reuters quoted Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, as saying that Tehran conditions the resumption of negotiations on practical US steps. A senior Iranian official revealed that Tehran sent a nuclear proposal to Washington via Qatar, and that Washington is studying it.

Iran, through Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, announced that it conditions the start of any new diplomatic path on the United States taking practical steps, stressing that theoretical commitments do not meet Tehran's demands. Reuters quoted Bagheri Kani as telling Iranian state television that his country wants to see concrete US actions before embarking on any new diplomatic efforts. In the same context, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday that Tehran sent a proposal regarding the nuclear program to Washington via Qatar, noting that its discussion will not begin until the United States responds to Iran's seven demands. The official added that Washington is studying the Iranian proposal.