A new round of nuclear talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany is set to begin Thursday in Geneva.
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Negotiations Between Iran and the P5+1[edit]
Iran has held a series of meetings with a group of six countries: China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States. These six are known as the P5+1 (the permanent five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) or alternatively as the E3+3. These meetings are intended to resolve concerns about Iran's nuclear program.
October 2009 Geneva negotiations[edit]
January 2011 Istanbul meeting[edit]
April 2012 Istanbul meeting[edit]
The first session of fresh negotiations in April went well, with delegates praising the constructive dialogue and Iran's positive attitude.
[309] Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, however, that Iran had been given a "freebie",
[310] a charge that was sharply rebutted by Barack Obama.
[311] In the lead up to the second round of negotiations in May, and in what may foreshadow a significant concession, an unnamed senior U.S. official hinted the United States might accept Iran enriching uranium to 5% so long as the Iranians agreed to tough international oversight of the process. The U.S. shift was reportedly made for the pragmatic reason that unconditional demands for zero enrichment would make it impossible to reach a negotiated deal.
[312] Netanyahu had insisted a few days before that he would tolerate no enrichment, not even to the 3% required for nuclear power.
[313] In a shift on the Iranian side, April saw members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps urging Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to maintain a policy of keeping uranium enrichment at or below 20%.
[314] The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs
Catherine Ashton felt compelled to make a special visit to Netanyahu, partly to keep him from again voicing his negativity and opposition to the negotiations.
[315] At the meeting, which included
Avigdor Lieberman,
Ehud Barak and
Shaul Mofaz, the Israelis demanded a guaranteed timetable for cessation of all uranium enrichment by Iran, the removal of all enriched uranium, and the dismantlement of the underground facility at Fordo. Otherwise, they said, Iran would use the talks to buy time.
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May 2012 Baghdad negotiations[edit]