West Hopes for Iran Concessions in Nuclear Talks

(Reuters) Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi - Reuters reported last week that the U.S. and Iran have begun talking about a possible draft UN resolution to endorse any future deal and address the lifting of UN sanctions. Officials close to the talks said this was a major new concession on the part of the U.S., which had long insisted that UN sanctions would remain in place for years to come after a nuclear deal was signed, while unilateral U.S. and European measures might be lifted more swiftly. "This was quite a shift in the U.S. position and we hope the Iranians will follow with concessions on their end," a Western official said. "So far the concessions have been mostly one-sided, though there has been some limited progress recently."


2015-03-16 00:00:00

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