<b>Talks With Iran Fail to Produce a Nuclear Agreement</b>
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0/ The proposal under consideration in Geneva was to have been the <b>first stage of a multipart agreement</b>. It called for Iran <b>to freeze its nuclear program for up to six months to allow negotiations on a long-term agreement </b> without the worry that Iran was racing ahead to build a bomb. <b> In exchange, the West was to have provided some easing of the international sanctions that have battered Iranâs economy</b>.
1/ The meetings between Iran and the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany ended with no resolution.
2/ Negotiators are expected to come back together for <b>a new round of talks on Nov. 20.</b>
- But the disappointment was palpable, and the decision to hold the <b>next meeting at the level of political director, not foreign minister</b>, suggested that the two sides were less confident of their ability to bridge the gaps in the next round.
3/ " <b>We are absolutely determined that this would be a good deal, or there'll be no deal</b>," Kerry said, speaking from Geneva, where the talks were held. " <b>That's why we didn't close the deal here in the last couple of days, because we are together, unified, pushing for things that we believe provide the guarantees</b> that Israel and the rest of the world demand here."
3.2 / <b>âThereâs no question in my mind that we are closer now, as we leave Geneva, than when we came,</b>â Mr. Kerry said. â<b>It takes time to build confidence between countries that have really been at odds with each other for a long time now.</b>â
4/ A lot of concrete progress has been made, but some differences remain,â Ms. Ashton said at a news conference early Sunday. She appeared alongside Mr. Zarif, who added, âI think it was natural that when we started dealing with the details, there would be differences.â
5/ The sanctions "got Iran to come to the table," Netanyahu said. Moving forward with easing sanctions, Netanyahu said, is "going to relieve the pressure in Iran, and itâs going to start, Iâm afraid, a scramble in the international community of who gets to ease their sanctions with Iran faster. Not a good idea, not a good deal, a very bad deal."
"I think [President Obama] and I share the goal of making sure Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons. I think where we might have a difference of opinion is how to prevent it," Netanyahu said.
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