Nuclear talks complicated by US contradictory stances, Iranian MP says

A senior Iranian lawmaker has criticized what he described as contradictions in US behavior during nuclear negotiations, saying it is making progress difficult.

“The Americans’ contradictions make things difficult for everyone. They say one thing at the negotiating table and something else in their media statements,” Fadahossein Maleki, a member of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said on Thursday.

Maleki said that Iran should not be blamed if the talks fail.

“Given that Iran holds a strong position and has arguments to present at the table, the Americans have no justification against us,” he said.

Iran’s top demands in ongoing nuclear negotiations remain the complete lifting of sanctions and the preservation of its right to enrich uranium, he added.