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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

''US hard line in Iran talks driven by Israel''

From Asia Times Online

''Negotiations between Iran and the United States and other members of the P5+1 group in Baghdad ended in fundamental disagreement over the position of the P5+1 offering no relief from sanctions against Iran.

The two sides agreed to meet again in Moscow on June 18 and 19, but only after Iran had threatened not to schedule another meeting, because the P5+1 - the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany - had originally failed to respond properly to its five-point plan.

The prospects for agreement are not likely to improve before that meeting, however, mainly because of an inflexible US diplomatic posture that reflects President Barack Obama's need to bow to the demands of Israel and the US Congress on Iran policy.''

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