Western Officials See Slow Progress in Talks, Iran Resists Key Demand on Enrichment

(Wall Street Journal) Laurence Norman - A final deal to curb Iran's nuclear program remains elusive after the latest talks, with Tehran refusing to move on a central demand to significantly curtail uranium enrichment, Western officials said Sunday. On the central Western demand that Iran agree to a significant reduction in its current enrichment program for the coming years, one senior Western diplomat said Sunday that Tehran isn't budging. "I'm pretty pessimistic....Unless the Iranians change their position dramatically," there is little chance of a deal, the diplomat said.


2015-02-09 00:00:00

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