glockmail
11-24-2014, 07:21 PM
Timing just a coincidence? No way.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six powers failed on Monday for a second time this year to resolve their 12-year stand-off over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and gave themselves seven more months to clinch an historic deal.
Western officials said they were aiming to secure an agreement on the substance of a final accord by March but that more time would be needed to reach a consensus on the all-important technical details.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, trying to win relief from crippling international economic sanctions by patching up relations with the West, said the gap between the sides had narrowed at the latest round of talks in Vienna.
"It is true that we could not reach an agreement but we can still say that big steps have been taken," he told state television.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a more guarded assessment, saying "real and substantial progress had been made but adding that "some significant points of disagreement" remained.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-atom-talks-expected-adjourn-resume-next-month-101757624.html
Why? because ol' Lurch can't even get a modicum of respect from Iran's negotiator:
VIENNA—Iran’s foreign minister and lead negotiator in nuclear talks is known to frequently scream and shout at Western diplomats, including Secretary of State John Kerry, a practice that has caused alarm among bodyguards stationed outside the negotiating room, according to a member of the Iranian diplomatic team who spoke to the Farsi-language press.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif—who is scheduled to hold one-on-one talks with Kerry this evening in Vienna—”frequently shouts at Western diplomats” in such a forceful manner that bodyguards have hurriedly entered the negotiation room on occasion worried that an incident might occur, according to one Iranian diplomat involved in negotiations who spoke anonymously with the Iranian press earlier this week.
On one occasion, Zarif’s shouts were so loud that a member of the Iranian delegation entered the negotiation room to check on the players, according to the report, which was independently translated for the Free Beacon.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/reports-top-iranian-negotiator-frequently-shouts-at-kerry-western-officials/
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six powers failed on Monday for a second time this year to resolve their 12-year stand-off over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and gave themselves seven more months to clinch an historic deal.
Western officials said they were aiming to secure an agreement on the substance of a final accord by March but that more time would be needed to reach a consensus on the all-important technical details.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, trying to win relief from crippling international economic sanctions by patching up relations with the West, said the gap between the sides had narrowed at the latest round of talks in Vienna.
"It is true that we could not reach an agreement but we can still say that big steps have been taken," he told state television.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a more guarded assessment, saying "real and substantial progress had been made but adding that "some significant points of disagreement" remained.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-atom-talks-expected-adjourn-resume-next-month-101757624.html
Why? because ol' Lurch can't even get a modicum of respect from Iran's negotiator:
VIENNA—Iran’s foreign minister and lead negotiator in nuclear talks is known to frequently scream and shout at Western diplomats, including Secretary of State John Kerry, a practice that has caused alarm among bodyguards stationed outside the negotiating room, according to a member of the Iranian diplomatic team who spoke to the Farsi-language press.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif—who is scheduled to hold one-on-one talks with Kerry this evening in Vienna—”frequently shouts at Western diplomats” in such a forceful manner that bodyguards have hurriedly entered the negotiation room on occasion worried that an incident might occur, according to one Iranian diplomat involved in negotiations who spoke anonymously with the Iranian press earlier this week.
On one occasion, Zarif’s shouts were so loud that a member of the Iranian delegation entered the negotiation room to check on the players, according to the report, which was independently translated for the Free Beacon.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/reports-top-iranian-negotiator-frequently-shouts-at-kerry-western-officials/