No Deal as Talks End on Iran Nuclear Program
Talks aimed at resolving an international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program ended in Moscow with no sign of progress, but Tehran’s top negotiator labeled the two-day meeting “positive and constructive.”
Some Russians voiced concern that Iran was using a proposed Kremlin compromise to stall for time and avert international sanctions.
The proposal, backed by the U.S. and the European Union, calls for uranium for Iran’s nuclear energy program to be enriched in Russia, to stifle concern that enrichment conducted in Iran could produce material for atomic weapons.
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