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Your loss is my win: Iran wants to host 5+1 talks on familiar grounds

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Turkey, which has been playing the role of a mediator in Iran's nuclear program in recent years, became the object of dissatisfaction for Iran. Iranian officials disapprove of the meeting of the "Friends of Syria" held in Turkey on April 1. In fact, this group should be renamed as the "enemies of Syria", Deputy Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Esmaeel Kosari told Trend. Chairman of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani called the conference as "a bribe to Israel" from its participants. Turkey has announced the purchase of about 1 million tonnes of oil from Libya the following day, reducing oil purchases from Iran by 20 percent. Iran's Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council Mohsen Rezaee noted that friendly relations between Iran and Turkey are under question after this act and also considers that the next meeting between the "six powers" and Iran on its nuclear program should be