Deputy Foreign Minister and senior nuclear negotiator Seyyed Abbas Araghchi underlined that Iran’s negotiating team is obliged to act within the framework of the red lines set by Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

“The diplomats and negotiators are duty-bound to act in accordance with guidelines and red lines,” Araghchi said in an interview with IRIB’s channel 2.

He expressed his gratitude and happiness over widespread attention by people as well as social and political groups to the nuclear issue.

Araghchi underlined that Iran’s red lines in the negotiations are prepared under the auspices of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Elaborating on the trend of nuclear negotiations, the Iranian deputy foreign minister said that the negotiators attend Majlis (Iranian parliament) open sessions after each round of talks and submit a report on the trend of negotiations to the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.

“We presented a complete report in Sunday’s session of parliament after listening to statements of four lawmakers from different factions,” he added.

Asked about the so-called managed access to people, centers and documents in relation to nuclear program, Araghchi said this is one of the cases to be discussed in the nuclear negotiations that the critics pursue with sensitivity.

Commenting on red lines of the nuclear talks, and said, “Generally, the Iranian diplomats and negotiators in any field act according to the guidelines depicted for them.”

The senior negotiator pointed out that in any negotiation and diplomatic negotiations, diplomats are duty-bound to fulfill the guidelines given to them and they do not have special powers except in certain cases for conducting special maneuvers.

Araghchi reiterated that guidelines are specified for the diplomats, and said, “With regard to nuclear issue which is very sensitive and the country’s interests and future are related to it, the framework, principles and red lines are very important.”

The deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs said that as Leader of the Islamic Revolution has said the red lines are prepared according to his guidelines and its details are given to a council which operates under the auspices of President Hassan Rouhani for making the negotiations operational. “The guidelines and red lines prepared in this council are relayed to the negotiating team and we are duty-bound to work within this framework.”

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said Monday that Iran is determined to continue nuclear talks with the six world powers while respecting the country’s already-mentioned red lines.

Speaking at a ceremony held in World Studies Faculty of Tehran University to mark the liberation of Khorramshahr from the occupation of Ba’athist regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Shamkhani said that Iran will not succumb to excessive demands.

Shamkhani said that Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency is based on international norms and merely deals with the nuclear issue.

He noted that Iran will accept nothing beyond the international regulations, nor will it provide access beyond the Additional Protocol.

He said that the people of the region and some wise regional leaders are well-aware that the US and the West are seeking their own interests by creating fake crises and fueling discords and that they never do anything to help improve the security and welfare in the region.

Shamkhani criticized the United Nations and other international organizations for their indifference to the massacre of innocent people in Yemen and destruction of the Arab country’s infrastructure by the Saudi-led coalition.