Iran Nuclear Talks End Without Agreement

[villager]

Source: Washington Post

By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer


High-level international talks on Iran's nuclear program ended inconclusively today in Geneva, with European envoy Javier Solana telling reporters that Iran needed to give a more definitive answer within two weeks.

The meeting was significant because for the first time a U.S. diplomat, Undersecretary of State William J. Burns, joined other envoys in meeting with the top Iranian nuclear negotiator. U.S. officials had said the shift in Bush administration policy was intended to help lead to a breakthrough in the impasse over the Iranian program, but if Iran failed to respond positively, it only would unify the international coalition dealing with Iran.

"It was a constructive meeting, but still we didn't get the answer to our questions," Solana said at a news conference. "We hope very much we get the answer and we hope it will be done in a couple of weeks."

Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili described the talks as "constructive and progressing," adding that "on the manner of continuing the negotiations we have understood better our mutual positions."

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[redirish28]

1. "but if Iran failed to respond positively, it only would unify the international coalition dealing"

Please tell me if I am a nut. But why does that sound like these terms are along the same lines as those given to Saddam? Maybe I am paranoid but the article I read on a different website kind of painted the Do as we say or get bomb attitude.


Anyways this little meeting with have an effect on Gas Prices Monday....

[billyoc]

2. You might be a nut, but this isn't why.

This war's been called off, though. Iran is privatizing 85% of their energy market. The only war over there is going to be a bidding war, although I hear they can be quite nasty.

[northernlights]

3. color me extremely cynical

but I think Bush's "reversal" on Iran policy is 100% about 1. temporarily driving down gas & oil prices in runup to election, and then in November, regardless of who wins the election, saying "see, we tried talks they don't work so now lets bomb, so oil and gas goes through the roof and the oil barons reap years more of war profits while the rest of us freeze and starve.

It makes me sick, but it's sadly what I believe.