Almaty: World powers and Iran failed again to ease their decade-old dispute over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme in talks that ended on Saturday, prolonging a stand-off that risks spiralling into a new Middle East war.
The lack of a breakthrough in the two-day meeting in Kazakhstan aimed at easing international concern over Iran's contested nuclear activity marked a further setback for diplomatic efforts to resolve the row peacefully.
It is also likely to strengthen suspicions in Israel - which threatens air strikes, if necessary, to stop its arch-enemy from getting the bomb - that Iran is using diplomacy as a stalling tactic.
"Over two days of talks, we had long and intensive discussions," European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said....
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