New round of Iran nuke talks begins
By The Week Staff | June 18, 2012
Iranian President Ahmadinejad visits a nuclear enrichment facility in 2008: A massive explosion damaged one of the country's facilities this week, the second such explosion in November.
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ran and six world powers — the U.S, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany — are meeting in Moscow Monday in an attempt to reach an elusive compromise on Tehran's nuclear activities. Diplomats say this could be the last of such talks and if no compromise is reached, it's unclear how things will proceed. Tehran insists its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only and has asked that sanctions against it be eased. Diplomats says the six powers are unlikely to lift existing sanctions but are willing to compromise in other ways.
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