World powers and Iran at a stalemate

After two days of talks over Tehran's nuclear program, the EU foreign policy chief said Iran and world powers remained far apart. A breakthrough deal will not be on the table.

By Justyna Pawlak and Yeganeh Torbati,?Reuters / April 6, 2013

Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attends a news conference after the talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Almaty, April 6. World powers and Iran remained far apart after ending two days of intensive talks on Tehran's nuclear programme on Saturday, prolonging a stand-off that risks spiralling into a new Middle East war.

Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

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World powers and Iran remained far apart after ending two days of intensive talks on?Tehran's nuclear program on Saturday, the?European Union's foreign policy chief said, prolonging a stand-off that risks spiralling into a new?Middle East?war.

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The failure to reach a breakthrough deal aimed at easing growing international concern over Iran's contested nuclear activity marked a further setback for diplomatic efforts to resolve the decade-old dispute peacefully.

Underlining the lack of substantial progress during the meeting in the Kazakh city of?Almaty, no new negotiations between the two sides appeared to have been scheduled.

"Over two days of talks, we had long and intensive discussions on the issues addressed in our confidence-building proposal," EU foreign policy chief?Catherine Ashton?said.

"It became clear that our positions remain far apart," Ashton, who represents the six powers - the?United States,?Russia,?China,?France, Britain and?Germany?- in dealings with Iran, told a news conference.

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