Spokesman Doesn’t Confirm Reports Obama Sent Letter to Iran

(Tasnim) – Spokesman for the Iranian administration said on Tuesday he would not confirm reports that US President Barack Obama recently sent a letter to Tehran on the negotiations over Iran's nuclear energy program.

"I do not confirm (reports) that Obama sent a letter to the Iranian officials about the (nuclear) negotiations," Mohammad Baqer Nobakht told reporters in his weekly press conference on Tuesday.

On Monday, a senior US administration official also said such reports "are not accurate."

Elsewhere in his remarks, Nobakht reiterated that Iran is after a "good deal" in the nuclear talks with the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).

Commenting on the speculation about what could be agreed upon in a final deal on Tehran's peaceful nuclear program, Nobakht said, "What the White House spokesperson mentions is their (the Americans') own interpretation."

The Iranian official underlined that Tehran will not accept anything beyond the Additional Protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that Washington might be considering.

Iran and the six world powers are in talks to hammer out a lasting nuclear agreement that would end more than a decade of standoff on Tehran's civilian nuclear activities.

Ranking diplomats and negotiators are in Vienna to finalize technical language on a framework deal, reached in Switzerland's Lausanne on April 2.

The framework agreement provides outlines of the long-awaited accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).