No progress in EU talks with Iran

European Union talks with Iran’s foreign minister failed to make progress in resolving the West’s stand-off with the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said today.

Solana said Iran’s “substantive position has not changed.” Speaking after a 90-minute meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Brussels, Solana said: “They have to be much more constructive.”