P5+1 will be responsible for problems in n-talks: Iran cleric

The P5+1 group of world powers should be held accountable if negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme hit a snag, a senior Iranian cleric said Friday.

"Our foreign minister's recent letter to the foreign ministers of the world showed that we will never give up our rights, and that the P5+1 would be responsible for any problems that might occur in the nuclear talks," Ayatollah Mohammed Emami Kashani said during during his address to worshippers at weekly Friday prayers in Tehran, Press TV reported.

On Dec 24, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote to his counterparts in other countries, expounding on Iran's position in the nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the six states -- Russia, China, Britain, France, the US plus Germany.

Zarif said in the letter that Iran has stood up to illegitimate and humiliating demands by certain countries and has firmly rejected them, saying Tehran has never accepted such demands in nuclear talks with the P5+1 group.

Emami Kashani further criticised Western governments for levelling accusations against Iran over the country's nuclear programme and described them as "false and deceitful".