Director of the Foreign Ministry for political affairs wrote in his Instagram Page that after several days of expert sessions held since last week, official session of Iran and the Group 5+1 which was attended by all delegations kicked off yesterday.
During the meeting, member states reviewed topics discussed during the past sessions and expressed their serious resolve for expediting the ongoing negotiations, IRNA reports.
General meeting of deputy foreign ministers and representatives of Iran and the Group 5+1, co-chaired by Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and Helga Schmidt, was held yesterday morning.
This was the seventh round of meetings for drafting text of comprehensive deal.On the other hands Iran expresses concern about reports on Israel’s spying of N-talks.
Iran’s diplomatic mission’s embassies in Austria and Switzerland voiced concern about recent media reports indicating that the locations of the nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers in the two European countries have been spied on.
In separate official written messages to the foreign ministries of Austria and Switzerland, Iranian embassies in Vienna and Bern notified the two European countries of Iran’s serious concern over the security of the venues that host the negotiations between Iran and the six world powers.
"The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday that spyware, widely believed to be used by Israeli spies, had attacked the computer systems of the hotels hosting the sensitive negotiations."
The Iranian diplomatic missions demanded that any information found in an investigation of the issue be shared with the Islamic Republic.
The Austrian Foreign Ministry was asked in particular to take whatever measures necessary to provide security, including cyber-security, for the venue of the talks.
Vienna is currently hosting the latest round of the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the six world powers.
On Thursday, Swiss and Austrian officials said they have begun investigating reports that a computer virus linked to Israel targeted the hotels used by the delegates from Iran and Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany).
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday that spyware, widely believed to be used by Israeli spies, had attacked the computer systems of the hotels hosting the sensitive negotiations.
Experts at the Russian Cyber security Company Kaspersky were quoted by the Journal as saying that the firm had found at the sites traces of malware believed to be used by Israel.