• Russia backs Iran in post-talks finger-pointing, blames unnamed Western nation
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[IMG]http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2013/1112-orusiran/17416439-1-eng-US/1112-orusiran_full_380.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE] The finger-pointing ramped up Tuesday over who's to blame for failure to reach an agreement in weekend talks between Iran and the world's leading powers to bring Teheran's nuclear program under acceptable international limits. It's hard to make sense of the diplomatic back-biting that seems to be going on after most foreign ministers of the "P5+1" group – which includes France, Russia, China, the US, Britain, and Germany – gathered in Geneva on Saturday in full expectation that a historic bargain was on the verge of being struck, then left empty-handed the next day. Most experts say a deal is almost certainly in the offing soon, and that the public theatrics are connected with last-minute maneuvering for advantage and posturing for domestic audiences. "I think this negotiating process has reached the point of no return. There will be a deal, it's a matter of 'when' and not 'if,'" says Sergei Strokan, foreign affairs columnist for the Moscow daily Kommersant. "The details remain secret, so it's hard to judge the various things people are saying, but it seems likely the differences are down to a few minor bottlenecks that will get sorted out soon," he adds. In widely quoted remarks Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that Iran backed out of a deal that was ready for inking, though he held out hope that in coming months the negotiations will yield "an agreement that meets everyone's standards." "The P5+1 was unified on Saturday when we presented our proposal to the Iranians," Mr. Kerry said. "The French signed off on it, we signed off on it, and everybody agreed it was a fair proposal. Iran couldn't take it at that particular moment; they weren't able to accept." Russia flatly rejected Kerry's interpretation Tuesday, suggesting that another unnamed participant of the talks had scuttled the deal. "The draft of the joint document readied by the Americans was agreeable to the Iranians, but as decisions at the negotiations in this format are adopted by consensus, it was unfortunately not possible to come to a final agreement. This was not the fault of the Iranians," the official RIA-Novosti agency quoted a senior Russian foreign ministry source as saying.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/1112/Russia-backs-Iran-in-post-talks-finger-pointing[/url]
I blame a certain nation with shekels.
[QUOTE=RG4ORDR;42847105]I blame a certain nation with shekels.[/QUOTE] On the other hand, it could also be the French. After they suddenly blew out of nowhere in the first round of talks to get very agitated, things got weird with the behaviour of both parties being very unusual. My theory is that the [URL="http://www.economist.com/node/21541833"]French are trying to work in a small business deal (selling nuclear plant technology) for themselves with Iran during these talks[/URL], which the other parties must've put an end to after which the French threw a tantrum of their own. If the French could sell it to the Iran in return for oil, it could be a potentially huge deal for them.
iran might be to blame for it actually. they can't come to an agreement with the west immediately. they need to at least look like they are making a hard bargain so that they don't appear to be just giving in to western demands.
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