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No deal reached in Iran nuclear talks

Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published March 3, 2006

MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- Iran and Russia ended talks Thursday without reaching a deal on a Kremlin effort to defuse tensions over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, and the Iranians flew to Austria for meetings with European nations, Russian news agencies reported.

Tehran's top nuclear negotiator accused the United States of trying to sabotage the deal, in which Russia has offered to host Iran's uranium enrichment activities as a way to increase international monitoring of Iran's nuclear efforts.

Ali Larijani said at a news conference that Washington's push to have Iran reported to the UN Security Council would kill Moscow's proposal.

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