Iran Focus: To end the current impasse, the West must drop the dangerous pretence that talking to a regime not interested in listening constitutes the ultimate winning strategy.
What now?
Iran must be set deadline of weeks to halt enrichment: Israel
Reuters: A senior Israeli minister called on world powers on Sunday to set a deadline for military action of weeks to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program after talks ended without progress at the weekend.
EU: No deal reached at nuclear talks with Iran
AP: Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement Saturday on how to reduce fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, extending years of inconclusive talks and adding to concerns the diplomatic window on reaching a deal with Tehran may soon close.
Iran’s incitement to genocide
Washington Post: Over the years, Americans have come to discount statements on Israel and Zionism by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Repetition has rendered them unremarkable.
Iran ‘far short’ of nuclear talks breakthrough: Britain
AFP: Iran is “far short” of what is required to achieve a breakthrough in talks with world powers over its disputed nuclear programme, Britain said after negotiations ended without resolution Saturday.
Kennedy joins Iranian exiles protesting in Sweden
AP: Hundreds of supporters of an Iranian opposition group have rallied in Stockholm, denouncing the Islamic Republic’s regime and urging the U.N. to better protect the group’s members in neighboring Iraq.
World powers, Iran ‘far apart’ in nuclear stalemate
AFP: Iran and world powers Saturday failed to break the deadlock in the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive, with the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton saying the positions were still “far apart”.
Iraqi Shiite group says member killed in Syria
AP: A member of an Iraq Shiite militant group was killed in Syria, an official with the group said Saturday, highlighting how the increasingly sectarian conflict there is drawing in its fragile neighbors that already experience unrest among religious sects.
N.Korea crisis could spur action on Iran, say analysts
AFP: With North Korea issuing apocalyptic threats of nuclear war in recent weeks, Western powers have been reminded of what could happen if they fail to find a solution to Iran’s disputed nuclear programme, experts say.
No deal in sight on final day of Iran nuclear talks
Reuters: World powers and Iran began the second day of nuclear talks on Saturday with little hope of striking a breakthrough deal in the decade-old dispute that threatens to erupt into a new Middle East war.
