Ministers hold six-nation talks on nuclear programme

Foreign ministers from the six powers pushing Iran to accept a package of incentives to suspend its nuclear programme met behind closed doors in Paris on Wednesday – the latest deadline in the stand-off, and one that Tehran looked set to ignore.

The United States and the European Union expressed concern about the outcome of a crucial round of talks yesterday with an Iranian negotiator who ruled out an immediate reply to the offer of incentives, saying it contains too many “ambiguities”.