A political analyst says Iran has a valid argument on its demand for the removal of UN-imposed arms embargo on the country over its nuclear program, Press TV reports.

Hooman Majd, an Iranian-American political commentator, made the remarks in an interview with the Press TV correspondent in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Thursday.

“Iran has a valid point to make when they say that it (the arms embargo) is not related to the nuclear issue; then why was it put into a nuclear resolution? And that’s a valid point,” Majd said.

Iran has been insisting that there should be a lifting of all sanctions, including the arms embargo, after Tehran and its negotiating partners reach a final agreement on the country's nuclear program.

The issue of removing the arms embargo against Iran "has been and it has always been an issue to be determined,” he said.

The political analyst further noted that the reason why the issue has been raised at the current level of nuclear talks, which are being held in Vienna, is that it was not completely dealt with during previous negotiations in Lausanne earlier this year.

“Clearly, everything was not determined in Lausanne, because if it had been determined, they wouldn't be still negotiating. So, I think they have this basic framework, which had in it things that had still to be determined and I assume that this is one of those things that they had not fully resolved,” he stated.

Majd further noted some of Iran’s negotiating partners, especially Russia, back the issue of removing the arms embargo on Iran.

“Undoubtedly, there are discussions and undoubtedly the Russians are on Iran’s side on that. I’m sure they would like to see this resolved to the advantage of Iran,” he added.

The political commentator went on to say that the US negotiators in the nuclear talks are resisting against the Iranian demand for the removal of the ban because of a probable strong reaction they might face from the US Congress.

“Now, America is going to have a problem in Congress. If they remove the arms embargo, the right-wing Republican congressmen are going to go crazy. Already, they are saying that [US President Barack] Obama is appeasing and has given everything over to Iran,” he added.

The commentator said the embargo against Iran, despite difficulties, will be removed in the end.

“I assume they are going to try to work out some kind of language that is not going to make the US look like they caved in but is also going to satisfy them that this is an issue that will get resolved if not immediately, but down the line,” he noted.

Responding to a question on whether the issue of the embargo can be a “deal breaker,” Majd said, “I don’t think anything’s a deal breaker at this point. I don’t think there’s a single thing that’s a deal breaker and they will continue bargaining and negotiating.”

Elaborating on the ways that the issue of removing arms ban against Tehran can be dealt with, he said, “There are all kinds of ways to deal with issues that you don't want necessarily to be in the deal itself or in the language of the deal itself. Maybe it’s a separate issue that the UN will deal with and not in this particular agreement.”

“That is something that the experts have to deal with, the lawyers and the UN experts. America has a whole team - as does Iran - of experts, separate from the actual negotiators, who deal with these kinds of issues and know the legal ramifications, the international law and UN issues,” he stressed.

Answering another question on whether “the US is being pushed by the July 10 deadline, when it has to present the text of a possible final agreement for congressional review, the analyst said, “It’s definitely a deadline that I’m sure the US, without admitting it, would prefer not to have slip. I think it is clearly to the advantage of Iran for America to meet this deadline.”

Iran and the P5+1 countries - the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain, and Germany - have been engaged in crucial nuclear talks in the Austrian capital to nail down a landmark deal over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The negotiating sides missed an initial deadline of June 30 and all parties agreed on a new one, July 7. However, in the wake of the outstanding issues in the talks, European Union foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on Tuesday that the negotiations would continue for "a couple" of more days.