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Iranian negotiators participating in the talks in Rome say that those talks were held in what they call *** professional atmosphere. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi coming out afterwards and saying he believes that the US side, at the very least now has *** better understanding of Iran's position. Now of course one of the things That still is very difficult is uranium enrichment by the Iranians and whether or not the two sides are going to be able to come to terms over that here in Tehran though there does appear to be *** lot of pessimism. I was able to speak to *** senior Iranian lawmaker, and here's what he had to say. Especially given the recent statements by American officials regarding zero enrichment, I got disappointed and do not have much hope that the negotiations will lead to *** deal. We are preparing for Plan B. Do you think that there is room for *** way forward? If the Americans are merely seeking to stop Iran from developing *** nuclear weapon, *** deal may be reached, but if they are seeking no enrichments, *** deal will definitely not be possible. We need 20% enrichment in order to provide radiological medicine for cancer patients. We have to produce it ourselves because no one provided for us. That's why for the sake of the people we could forgo 20% enrichment. There are some countries in the region like for instance Oman, also Saudi Arabia who talk about possibly. Enriching uranium together for *** consortium or something that Iran would maybe work with Saudis and with others, do you think that those could be *** way forward out of this impasse? We would welcome the formation of *** consortium and have no problem with that, but we insist that enrichment has to take place on Iranian soil and that the material be kept on Iranian soil. This is *** red line and naturally we will not back away from it. Now as far as the US side is concerned, there was also *** statement by *** source close to Steve Witkoff and the US negotiating team saying that there was progress that was continuing to be achieved, but that there was also still work to be done, and the two sides have agreed to meet again in the not too distant future, Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Tehran.