Iran says it is ready for talks over its nuclear program, claims detained journalist violated law

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Tehran, Iran - 06 January 2025
1. Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman arriving for regular briefing
2. Media
3. Wide of briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:
"These talks (referring to the talks between Iran and Britain, Germany and France) will be held next week, I think on January 13 and 14, in Geneva. This is the continuation of the talks we had in December with the three European countries and the EU foreign policy representative. A wide range of topics will be discussed, including regional issues, bilateral ties with the EU and the nuclear issue."
5. Journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:
"She (Cecilia Sala) has been arrested for violating Iranian laws and regulations."
7. Wide of briefing
8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman:
"We are ready for honorable and dignified negotiations for removing the sanctions and addressing concerns of the other parties about the nature of our nuclear program."
10. Baghaei leaving

STORYLINE:
Iran says it is ready to hold talks over its nuclear program and to address concerns by the West.

The country's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Iran is seeking the removal of sanctions through "honorable and dignified negotiations."

He made the comments during a regular briefing.

Iran is to hold fresh talks with the UK, Germany and France on January 13 and 14 in Geneva over various issues including its disputed nuclear program.

U.S president-elect Donald Trump, to be inaugurated in 2 weeks, unilaterally withdrew America from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions in 2018, during his first term in office.

Under his "maximum pressure" policy, Iran's economy faced significant contraction, and the Iranian Rial, the national currency, experienced a steep devaluation.

Baghei also said an Italian journalist held in Iran is accused of violating the country's rules and regulations, and claimed Cecilia Sala's arrest was unrelated to the detention of an Iranian man at Milan airport.

Mohammad Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan’s Malpensa airport on Dec. 16 on a U.S. warrant.

The U.S. Justice Department accused him and another Iranian of supplying the drone technology to Iran that was used in a January 2024 attack on a U.S. outpost in Jordan that killed three American troops.

Three days later, Sala, a reporter for the Il Foglio daily, was detained in Tehran.

She had arrived in the country on Dec. 13 on a journalist visa and was arrested on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported.

AP Video by Saeed Sarmadi

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