Ancient battle on U.N. Security Council 'trigger' bogs down Iran talks


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Apr 2015

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - It is one of those concepts that is particularly odious to Russia -- an automatic trigger mechanism under which the U.N. Security Council would be forced to do something.

Now a dispute over that issue threatens to wreck marathon negotiations on a preliminary political framework for a future comprehensive deal that would end the 12-year standoff over Iran's nuclear ambitions. The other major sticking point is Tehran's demands to continue pursuing nuclear centrifuge research and development

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