EU-Iran nuclear talks postponed: Iranian official

Reuters: Crucial talks due on Wednesday between the European Union and Iran on incentives to a end a nuclear stand-off have been postponed for a week, an Iranian official said. BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Crucial talks due on Wednesday between the European Union and Iran on incentives to a end a nuclear stand-off have been postponed for a week, an Iranian official said.

“The meeting has changed to the next week. They (the Iranian delegation) will not come (to Brussels) today,” a senior Iranian nuclear official who requested anonymity told Reuters.

The office of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, whose had been due to meet Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, could not immediately confirm whether the meeting, set by Western powers as a deadline for Iran’s response, was off.