Deal Possible If Other Side Shows Political Will

(FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi underlined that the country's negotiating team wants to resolve the nuclear issue with dignity, hence Tehran will not change its honor with anything.

"Today the nuclear talks are underway in Vienna and we hope that in case of the other side shows good will and the needed political decision we will be able to strike the needed agreement," Takht Ravanchi told reporters in reaction to the excessive demands of the other side.

He reiterated that sometimes after reaching an understanding, the other side changes its stances and makes excessive demands, but Iran's negotiating team resists.

"There are some understandings in the negotiations that might not be written and are accepted mutually, but in the course of talks some changes are made to them and they are interpreted so differently as if their path has changed," Takht Ravanchi added.

The senior Iranian negotiator underlined that there are still some key issues which have remained unresolved.

Asked about the extension of the nuclear talks, Takht Ravanchi said, "In our view there is no deadline and we will continue the talks to achieve the needed result."

Diplomatic sources in Vienna cautioned late on Thursday night that the western powers have toughened their stances after the US lost a self-imposed deadline for a deal with Iran and are raising even more demands from the Iranian team.

The source said the western parties to the talks with Iran, specially the US, have in the last few days raised excessive demands beyond earlier agreements, making the road to a draft final nuclear deal even more bumpy.

The source said Iran is determined to clinch a deal and it has shown much flexibility on this path, but the US-led West has been raising excessive demands and shows "fading respect for its earlier agreements with Iran".

"They have started psychological operations and are playing the blame game to make Iran surrender to their increasing demands or wait to be portrayed as the party to blame for the potential failure of the talks," the diplomat added.

The source also strongly rejected the allegations made by certain western media outlets that the Iranian team is referring the opposite sides' proposals or the draft text to Tehran to ask for permission, reiterating that "the  Iranian team of negotiators have been vested with full authority to strike a deal on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on the country's specified redlines, and does not need to refer anything to Tehran."

The diplomat strongly warned the western powers' approach in the last few days "is pushing the talks into a deadlock".