BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Big powers hope soon to agree with Iran to hold a new round of nuclear talks in another bid to resolve a protracted dispute over Tehran's atomic programme and avert the increasing threat of a downward spiral into Middle East war.
Iran is seen by the six powers to be covertly trying to develop the means to produce nuclear weapons. They want to rein in the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment programme, to ensure it is geared only for civilian energy as Iran maintains it is, through a mix of diplomacy and economic sanctions.