U.N. Atom Talks With Iran Fail, No New Meeting Set

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4. Nuclear Watchdog Says No Deal Reached With Iran

By ALAN COWELL
Published: February 14, 2013

PARIS — A senior official of the United Nations nuclear supervisory body said on Thursday that talks a day earlier in Iran had ended inconclusively and international inspectors had not been given access to a site that they suspect may have been used for testing bomb triggers

Herman Nackaerts, the deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the discussions “could not finalize” a document that “once agreed, should facilitate the resolution of outstanding issues regarding possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program.”

He declined to say whether any progress had been made.

The talks have been going on for months, veering from apparent optimism last May when Yukiya Amano, the I.A.E.A. director general, said there had been a decision “to conclude and sign” an agreement, to far more muted recent assessments. Before Wednesday’s talks, Mr. Amano said: “The outlook is not bright” ...

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