(Christian Science Monitor) Scott Peterson - Iran left the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany off the guest list to visit its nuclear facilities ahead of the next round of nuclear talks slated for later this month in Istanbul. "The Iranians are always trying to divide the coalition, and I think the point of the meetings [for the Iranians] is not to resolve the problem, but to deflect pressure for more sanctions," says Shahram Chubin, an Iran nuclear expert with the Carnegie Endowment based in Geneva.
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