Big Powers Leave Iran Nuclear Talks Empty-Handed -- Yahoo News/Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – World powers failed to prise any change from Iran in two days of talks on its nuclear program, with the EU and United States calling the discussions disappointing and saying no further meetings were planned.
"This is not the conclusion I'd hoped for," European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said at the end of the talks in Istanbul on Saturday. "I am disappointed."
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