Iran has set new conditions for a nuclear agreement

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated that he would sign an agreement on uranium enrichment only if the sanctions were lifted immediately.

In a speech that was broadcast on state television, the Iranian president said: "We will sign the contract only if the sanctions are lifted on the same day ... We need an agreement that is beneficial for all parties involved in the negotiations."

This Rouhani statement contradicts arrangementsreached at the Sixs talks in Lausanne on April 2: according to them, the sanctions will be lifted only a few months after the conclusion of the final agreement.

Negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program between the “six” countries (Russia, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, USA) and Iran resumed in 2013 after Rouhani became president of this country. He promised that he would take steps to get the state out of international isolation. A breakthrough was achieved only at the beginning of April 2015: in exchange for a number of significant concessions, Tehran received the right to enrich uranium and develop a peaceful atom.