Failure of nuclear talks would be 'West's fault', Iranian regime official declares

The head of the Iranian regime’s Human Rights Council has said if the nuclear talks fail, it will be the fault of the West.

Mohammad Javad Larijani said that world powers are grasping at ‘every opportunity’ to put pressure on Iran in their negotiations with the regime.

He said at a conference on Tuesday on the effects of sanctions on regime’s economy: "If the negotiations fail, we assume that the conduct of the other side has brought such failure about.

"We are not optimistic about the extension of talks, and believe that the other side seeks every opportunity to mount pressure on Iran, which now has taken the form of low crude oil prices, targeting Iran’s oil incomes.

"We see the lower oil prices as a contrived plan by those who are responsible for failure of nuclear talks."

But on Wednesday, the last day of the third round of talks with the American delegation in Geneva, Deputy FM and senior negotiator of the Iranian regime, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, described the talks as 'detailed and extensive'.

He said: "The talks are proceeding in a good and respectful atmosphere, but it is still too soon to make a judgement about what the final outcome will be."

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also said the talks were being conducted in a good atmosphere.

But a senior IRGC commander said world powers are trying to undermine Iran’s influence. The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri added: "We should not keep our hopes high on the outcomes of these talks."