Iran has again strongly defended its controversial nuclear programme as a new round of talks with world powers began in Kazakhstan.
Chief negotiator Saeed Jalili said the global community must accept Tehran's right to enrich uranium.
International powers suspect Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons - a charge Tehran denies.
Iran insists its purposes are purely civilian, asserting it needs enriched uranium to make medical isotopes.
'Practical solution'"The Iranians are engaging, now we want them to negotiate," a senior Western official told me ahead of these latest talks.
He said there had to be more of "you offered that, but we offer this" for Iran to prove it was really interested in moving forward, not just buying time.
Iran will reiterate its right to enrich uranium under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an interpretation the West does not subscribe to. But Iranian officials indicate they may be willing to discuss its level of enrichment as long as demands and incentives are "balanced".
It is seeking more sanctions relief than the limited steps in the revised proposal offered by global powers in February.
Western sources say they want to see confidence-building measures from Iran to bolster its claim that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.
The last round of talks in Almaty marked modest progress, although Western descriptions of "useful" contrasted with Iran's talk of a "possible turning point".
Round two will show which way this is turning, if at all.
"We think our talks... can go forward with one word. That is the acceptance of the rights of Iran, particularly the right to enrichment," Mr Jalili said in the city of Almaty - the venue of the talks with Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany (P5+1).
"We are talking about peaceful nuclear energy," he stressed, accusing "a handful of countries" of trying "to deny this right to others".
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in Madrid on Thursday he hoped for "very meaningful progress" from the negotiations, urging the Iranians to prove their programme was for peaceful purposes.
At the previous round of talks in Kazakhstan in February, the world powers tried to push Tehran to halt production and stockpiling of uranium enriched to 20% - a step away from achieving a nuclear weapons capability.
The P5+1 also demanded Iran shut down the Fordo underground enrichment facility.
In return the world powers suggested easing tough economic sanctions against Iran.
Several rounds of sanctions have squeezed Iran's economy, with oil revenue slashed, the currency nose-diving in value and unemployment growing.
But significant differences reportedly remain on how far both sides are willing to go to reach a mutually accepted compromise.
In March, US President Barack Obama said he had offered Iran a "practical solution" if it truly sought peaceful nuclear capabilities rather than weapons.
He urged the country to take "immediate and meaningful steps" to reduce tension with the international community.
Meanwhile, Israel has warned that it will stop Iran's programme militarily if other means fail.
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