Iran Nuclear Talks Fail

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Iran Nuclear Talks Fail
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There were optimistic signs this weekend from the
talks aimed at producing a deal to freeze Irans
nuclear program. The U.S. and Iran said an
agreement may come. But in the end there was no
deal. As has happened so many times before, the
talks in Geneva, Switzerland between a group of
world powers and Iran disintegrated, leading to
finger-pointing from all sides. U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry seemed to blame Iran, bringing a
fiery response from Tehran. And now, it seems,
we're back to where we started. Other said
(without specifics), A lot of concrete progress
has been made, but some differences remain. The
effort will persist and Iran will continue to be
hit with crippling sanctions. All sides plan to
meet again later this month. The proposal under
consideration in Geneva was to have been the
first stage of a multipart agreement. It called
for Iran to freeze its nuclear program for up to
six months to allow negotiations on a long-term
agreement without the worry that Iran was racing
ahead to build a bomb. In exchange, the West was
to have provided some easing of the international
sanctions that have battered Irans economy.
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