US President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 17, 2013.<\/p>\n
US President Barack Obama has expressed \u00c5\u201ccautious optimism\u201d that the Western standoff over Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s nuclear energy program would be resolved under the future administration of Iran’s President-elect Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rohani.\n<\/p>\n
In a Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Obama \u00c5\u201cexpressed cautious optimism that with a new election there, we may be able to move forward on a dialogue that allows us to resolve the problems with Iran’s nuclear program.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Rohani emerged victorious in the presidential election of June 14, which was marked by a high voter turnout, winning 50.7 percent of a total of 36,704,156 ballots counted.\n<\/p>\n
Russian President Putin, whose country, along with the US, is a partner in the P5+1 talks with Iran, also voiced Moscow\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s readiness to contribute to the negotiation process over the Iranian nuclear energy program both on bilateral and international levels.\n<\/p>\n
Tehran and the P5+1 group of world powers – Russia, China, the UK, France and the United States plus Germany – have held several rounds of talks on a range of issues, with the main focus being on Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s nuclear energy program. The two sides wrapped up their latest round of negotiations on April 6 in the Kazakh city of Almaty.\n<\/p>\n
The United States, the Israeli regime, and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.\n<\/p>\n
Iran rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.\n<\/p>\n
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities, but has never found any evidence showing that Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s civilian nuclear program has been diverted toward non-civilian aspects.\n<\/p>\n
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