'Unrealistic' demands bring end to Iran nuclear talks

Talks meant to nudge Iran toward heeding UN Security Council demands to stop uranium enrichment collapsed today, with Tehran shrugging off calls by six world powers to cease the activity that could be harnessed to make nuclear arms.

Announcing the failure of two days of negotiations, EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton said no new date for another meeting had been set and blamed what the six consider unrealistic demands by Iran – an end to UN sanctions and agreement that Iran could continue to enrich – for the disappointing results.