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Iran looks to better EU ties with Italian at helm
by Staff Writers
Rome (AFP) Sept 03, 2014


Israel to lobby US ahead of new Iran nuclear talks
Jerusalem Sept 03, 2014 - An Israeli delegation is to travel to Washington next week to lobby US officials for a tough line in renewed talks between major powers and Iran on its nuclear programme. "I will travel to Washington next week at the head of an important delegation, in light of what could be the last round of negotiations between world powers and Iran before a November deadline for an agreement," Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz told Israeli public radio on Wednesday. "If a bad agreement is reached, this will be unacceptable for us," Steinitz added. Israel bitterly opposed the interim deal that Washington and other powers reached with Tehran last November, paving the way for the talks on a comprehensive agreement on Iran's future nuclear activities. Under the interim deal, Tehran agreed to rein in some of its activities in return for limited relief from crippling Western sanctions. Israel, which has the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear arsenal, had pushed for even stronger Western sanctions against its arch foe to force it to give up all of its nuclear programme. Israel has refused to rule out military action against Iranian nuclear facilities to prevent any possibility of it developing the technology for an atomic bomb. Iran and the six powers -- Britain, China, France and the United States plus Germany -- had been working to a July target date for a comprehensive agreement to allay international concerns about its ambitions. But they agreed to extend the talks until November 24 to allow more time to reach a historic deal. The new talks are to open in New York ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly on September 16.

Iran is looking forward to improved relations with the European Union following the appointment of an Italian to be the bloc's next foreign policy supremo, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here Wednesday.

Zarif's comments came after talks with Federica Mogherini, the current Italian foreign minister who will shortly take over from Britain's Catherine Ashton as the public face of EU relations with the rest of the world.

Zarif said the crisis in Iraq and Syria demonstrated that the EU and Iran need to work together to address common challenges.

"The same challenges (Iran faces) are before the EU, both as international security and local and domestic security.

"The very sad fact a very large number of foreign fighters are now in Iraq and Syria brings this issue very close to home here in Europe.

"So I think we have common ground both in terms of opportunities for great cooperation, greater economic development, dialogue on human rights as well as cooperation to address these common challenges.

"This mixture... should provide us with a basis for better work together particularly with the role Italy has played as a bridge between Europe and the Islamic world. That role can be further enhanced by the role Mrs Mogherini will play as the High Representative of Europe."

Mogherini's first major goal in her new job will be to wrap up a deal with Iran on the Islamic state's contested nuclear programme, for which a November deadline has been said.

The Italian minister said her discussions with Zarif had left her hopeful that could be achieved.

"We have said that an agreement ought to be reached by November in order to guarantee greater stability in the region," Mogherini said.

"It is my hope the negotiations will have a positive outcome and that this will be done by November 23, the agreed deadline.

"I was assured that there is a strong political will in Tehran for this to happen and we hope that there will also be the necessary technical steps taken."

Mogherini said Italian officials had been in close discussions with their Iranian counterparts on how to bring stability to Iraq/Syria.

"We share a belief in the need to respond with a military presence in the emergency situation we are in but above all we believe in the need for an inclusive government in Baghdad," Mogherini said.

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