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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-talks.html?_r=0
Nuclear Talks with Iran Fail to Yield Pact, Officials Say
(New York Times) Steven Erlanger - The latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers ended on Friday in Vienna, with Iranian and American officials saying that progress was slow and difficult, with serious gaps between the two sides on basic issues like the size of any nuclear enrichment capability Iran would be permitted to retain. Iran's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said "there was no tangible progress in this round of the talks" and that differences were too large to begin drafting an accord. A senior American official said, "Iran still has to make some hard choices.... We are concerned that progress is not being made and that time is short." The two sides had set a July 20 deadline to resolve their differences, although a temporary agreement late last year incorporated the possibility of another six-month extension, which seems likely.