VOA常速英语2013--伊朗核问题谈判有望继续进行，但依旧困难重重（在线收听）

Iran Motivated for Nuclear Deal, but Tough Issues Remain 伊朗核问题谈判有望继续进行，但依旧困难重重

LONDON — As talks between world powers and Iran resume this week on its nuclear program, experts say even hardline factions in the Islamic Republic appear motivated  to make a deal. There are still difficult issues to resolve, though, including Iran’s claimed “right” to enrich uranium.

For a while, it seemed like an agreement might be reached in the last round of talks in early November, with foreign ministers involved.

有一段时间，11月初涉及各国外长的最后一轮会谈似乎可能会达成一项协议。

That didn't happen, however, and now lower level officials will to try to bridge the gaps.

但事实上那并没有成真,然而,现在低级别官员们正试图消除这种差异。

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif thinks they can succeed.

伊朗外交部长穆罕默德·贾瓦德·塞利夫认为他们能够成功。

“I think we are all on the same wavelength and that's important and that gives us the impetus to go forward when we meet again next time.”

“我认为我们都有同感,这很重要,给了我们当下次再见面时前进的动力。”

The issues are difficult.

这些可是难题。

But experts say a first-stage agreement for some limits on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for easing some economic sanctions is possible, in part because Iran's  Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, appears to want one.

但是专家称对于一些限制伊朗的核项目第一阶段期协议换取减轻经济制裁是可能的,部分是因为这似乎是伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊想要的结果。

Gabrielle Rifkind, who heads the Middle East Program at the Oxford Research Group, said, “The Supreme Leader will make a strategic calculation about what is in the  best interests of Iran.

牛津研究小组中东项目负责人加布里埃尔·马尔说道:“最高领袖将战略估算什么是伊朗的最佳利益。

The Supreme Leader is a very shrewd operator.

最高领袖是一个非常精明的经营者。

It's too easy to say he's just ideologically rigid.

你可不能说他只是思想僵化。

I think he's actually a lot smarter than that.”

我认为他实际上是很多比那更聪明。”

The Ayatollah has told hardliners in Iran to give the newly-elected, relatively moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, a chance to make diplomacy work.

阿亚图拉已经告知伊朗强硬派给这位新当选,相对温和的总统哈桑·鲁哈尼开展外交工作的机会。

The motivation is the same force that put Rouhani into power-the public outcry in Iran for relief from the crippling economic sanctions.

动机是把鲁哈尼推上台相同的力量—伊朗的公众希望解除严重伤害经济的制裁。

But speaking via Skype from the Center for Security Studies in Zurich, senior researcher Roland Popp said the motivation goes only so far.

但苏黎世安全研究中心高级研究员罗兰·波普通过Skype表示这一动机仅此而已。

“I think they're willing to compromise, but they're not willing to capitulate.

“我认为他们愿意妥协,但他们不愿意屈服。

On the one side, there is great support for the nuclear program.

一方面, 核项目有着很大方面的支持。

It's kind of a matter of national pride," said Popp.

这是一种上升到民族骄傲的层面，”波普说道。

"On the other side, people look very much into their economic surroundings and people expect the politicians to negotiate those sanctions away.”

“而另一方面,人们看起来非常看重他们的经济环境而且期望政治家们能够通过谈判撤销这些制裁。”

Experts say that means finding a formula to limit Iran's nuclear program that assures the international community it is not trying to build a bomb - without requiring  an end to the program, as some in the international community would like.

专家表示这就意味着找到一种方法来限制伊朗的核项目,向国际社会保证伊朗不是在试图制造核弹—就像国际社会中的一些声音希望的不需要结束这个项目一样。

Also, there will have to be enough sanctions relief to satisfy Iran in the short term, without removing its motivation for further concessions in a long-term deal.

同时,必须要有足够的减轻制裁措施在短期内满足伊朗,但不排除进一步的长期让步。

“The big sanctions, which are in fact the oil and financial sanctions, are not going to be waived or undone at this point,” said Rifkind.

“大的制裁事实上是石油和金融制裁,在这一点上并不会放弃或取消,”马尔说道。

But that is what Iran wants at the end of this process, perhaps in six months.

但这就是伊朗在这一过程结束的时候所希望的,也许会耗时6个月。

So as difficult as these negotiations have been, if they succeed, even harder work, and more painful compromises on both sides, lie ahead.

所以这些谈判会一如既往的困难,如果他们成功，摆在双方眼前的是更加困难的工作,更加痛苦的妥协。