West can prove honesty by lifting sanctions: Iran MP

An Iranian lawmaker says the West should prove its honesty in the talks with Tehran by lifting the sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear energy program.

“They (Western powers) should change their behavior with the Iranian nation so that the people [of Iran] feel the Westerners are being honest,” Hassan Kamran said on Sunday.

“And if they (Western powers) want to be honest, they must interact like us in other words they must set aside the sanctions and stop saying we will take the issue to the UN Security Council,” he added.

Iran and the P5+1 – Russia, China, France, Britain, and the US plus Germany – wrapped up their latest negotiations in the Turkish city of Istanbul on April 14 and agreed to hold the next round of the talks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on May 23, 2012. Both sides hailed the talks as constructive.

It was the second time that Istanbul hosted the comprehensive talks between Iran and the six major world powers.

Tehran and the P5+1 had previously held two rounds of talks, one in Geneva in December 2010 and another in Istanbul in January 2011.