0525 GMT: A very slow Monday for Iranian news was punctuated by the standard rhetoric --- courtesy of Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami --- that any attack on Tehran will bring the demise of Israel and that sanctions on Iran's oil will cause global recession. There was also the continued promotion of Iran's regional influence through the highlighting of the talks and agreements with Afghanistan and Tajikistan during a three-day meeting in the Tajik capital Dushanbe.
All of this is a backdrop for the resumption of talks on 13 April over Iran's nuclear programme. There is no doubt, at least from Iranian State media and the statements of officials, that Tehran wants the discussions to take place with the "5+1 Powers" --- on Monday, Press TV headlined, "German FM supports resumption of ‘substantial’ Iran-P5+1 talks".
Whether those talks will make any advance is a different matter, of course. Even the venue, according to reports, was in question on Monday. And there is no sign from either the Tehran or the US and its European allies of a deal that could be put on the table in Istanbul...or Vienna...or Geneva...or another city.
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