TEHRAN, February 26. /TASS/. If the only US demand for Tehran is to formalize its refusal to create nuclear weapons in the agreement, it can be signed soon, said Admiral Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Iranian Defense Council.

"If the main objective of the negotiations is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, then this is consistent with the fatwa of the supreme leader and the doctrine of Iran's national security, a quick agreement is achievable," Shamkhani wrote on X.

According to him, the foreign minister and head of the Iranian delegation at the talks with the United States in Geneva "has sufficient support and authority to sign this agreement."

Earlier, the third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States on the nuclear dossier kicked off in Geneva.

The fatwa (religious injunction) of the supreme leader of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which bans the production of nuclear weapons, has been in force in Iran since 2003. Iran has repeatedly said it has no intention of creating an atomic bomb.