Iran does not plan discussing its nuclear program with the six mediators

Iran will not discuss its nuclear program during the meeting with the
six mediators from Russia, the USA, China, Britain, France and
Germany, Reuters reports, citing an Iranian spokesman, Ramin
Mehmanparast.

Earlier this Tuesday, several foreign media cited the representatives
of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, reporting that the negotiations will
resume on the 15th of November in Istanbul.

"Negotiations between Iran and "the six" will not focus on the Iranian
nuclear program," Mehmanparast said, Reuters reports.

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, last week expressed
Iran's desire to resume early negotiations with the six international
mediators in Turkey. In October, the EU High Representative for
International Affairs, Catherine Ashton, invited Iran to hold talks in
Vienna in mid-November. In response, the Iranian Foreign Ministry
urged the EU to specify the timing of the negotiations. The EU
representatives proposed November 15-18 as the tentative dates for the
talks.

The negotiations between Iran and the six were suspended in 2009 after
the IAEA Board of Governors, by a majority vote, adopted a resolution
condemning Iran for the construction of a second uranium enrichment
plant near the city of Qom, and urged Tehran to prove that "no
decisions were made on the construction of other nuclear facilities,
which are not declared to the agency."

In June the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1929, imposing
additional sanctions on Iran.

Iran has repeatedly denied accusations of developing nuclear weapons,
stressing that its nuclear program is of a purely civilian character.