Araqchi described the removal of all sanctions against Tehran as a precondition for a comprehensive deal with the world powers.

As he stressed that the Islamic Republic will not retreat even an iota from its nuclear rights, Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator Abbas Araqchi described the removal of all sanctions against Tehran as a precondition for a comprehensive deal with the world powers.

"Iran's negotiations with the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) is progressing on a hard path with ups and downs and there is no bright perspective envisaged for its ending by the deadlines," Araqchi said on Saturday, according to Fars news agency.

He assured Iran's full readiness to take more actions for increased transparency in its nuclear program.

However he said, "We will not retreat even one step from the country's nuclear rights; no machine or equipment will be dismantled, the country's R&D will not be impaired and the most important of all, the industrial enrichment will be materialized powerfully and within the framework of the country's needs."

Araqchi underscored the necessity for the removal of all embargos against Iran, and said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran will not accept the remaining of even one sanction in the comprehensive nuclear agreement."