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Iran, World Powers Resume Nuclear Talks Amid Ukraine Crisis


(Wall Street Journal) Laurence Norman - Iran and six major powers sought to inject fresh momentum into nuclear talks that resumed in Vienna on Tuesday, ahead of a July deadline for a deal. Western officials brushed off concerns that the mounting tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine would complicate talks. One concern was recent Iranian comments that Russia was looking to build new nuclear plants in Iran in exchange for oil. Such a move could undercut sanctions the West believes were vital to drawing Tehran back into talks and revive concerns in Washington that Iran can use the spent fuel from power plants to develop a nuclear weapons capability.
2014-03-19 00:00:00
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