Iran: 'Lausanne Statement Liable to Change'.

Iran: 'Lausanne Statement Liable to Change'. (Fars).

Iran announced on Wednesday that changes could still be made to the April 2 nuclear statement that was issued by Tehran and the world powers at the end of their several-day-long negotiations in the Swiss city of Lausanne.

"Mr. (Seyed Abbas) Araqchi (the Iranian deputy foreign minister and senior nuclear negotiator) has stated in an interview before that certain paragraphs (of the Lausanne statement) could still change and go under further negotiations," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham told reporters in Tehran today.

She reminded the Americans' confession that they had no way out but accepting Iran's nuclear rights, and dismissed US officials' allegations about use of force or repetition of the phrase "all options are on the table" as "hollow claims" used repeatedly against Iran.

Her remarks came after US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter claimed in an interview with the CNN earlier this month that the current framework for a deal with Iran did not take the military option off the table and that bunker busting bombs, meant to penetrate Iran's underground facilities, are "ready to go", adding that a deal with Iran would not be based on "trust" but on "verification".

Elsewhere, Afkham referred to the new round of nuclear talks between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) which is due to start in the Austrian city of Vienna today to touch the details of a possible final nuclear agreement, and said the negotiations focus on removal of sanctions and inspection of Iran's sites.

In relevant remarks on Wednesday, Araqchi said that the fresh round of the nuclear talks between Tehran and the six major world powers, which is to be held on April 22-24 in Vienna, would mainly focus on details of lifting the sanctions on Iran.

Araqchi, who is also a senior member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team, stressed that removal of multilayer sanctions which Iran has consistently dubbed as 'unlawful and unjust' had been Iran's main demand throughout the negotiations.

"As we return to negotiations this week, we will seek explanation from the US team and greater clarity regarding all detailed aspects of sanction removal," he underlined.

On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his Facebook page that his colleagues are to start the process of drafting the agreement between Iran and the G5+1 on the following day. Read the full story here.