0540 GMT: A non-development last night in the nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, France, Germany, China, and Russia) --- the lead Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili and his 5+1 counterpart, Catherine Ashton spoke by phone, their first conversation since the last set of high-level discussions in Moscow in mid-June.
The headline for the press was Ashton's statement, "“I proposed, and Dr Jalili agreed, that we talk again after further reflection at the end of the month," but this is only the public gloss on a Western strategy which is no longer seeking --- if it ever did --- a negotiated compromise with the Islamic Republic. Instead, the US, Britain, France, and probably Germany perceive that Iran may crack under economic pressure to the point of accepting their demands.
Laura Rozen decodes Ashton's message and gets to the heart of the matter in an analysis in a separate feature to be posted soon.
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