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No Deal in Iran Nuke Talks

STALEMATE

Will reconvene in Moscow next month.

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Two days of talks on Iran's nuclear program ended with no progress, though the delegates did agree to meet in Moscow next month to resume negotiations. The lead negotiator told a press conference that "significant problems remain" but that there was some common ground. Saeed Jalili, Iran’s representative at the talks, said the gathering was good but "incomplete." He also asserted Iran's right to develop nuclear fuel, though the six powers negotiating with Iran disagreed with his assertion. The next round of talks will be held on June 18 and 19.

Read it at The New York Times