SNAP ANALYSIS: Limited Geneva deal wins Iran sanctions respite

[steven johnson]

Source: Reuters

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and world powers said on Thursday they had productive talks to ease a stalemate over Iranian nuclear ambitions, agreeing on limited transparency gestures by Tehran and another meeting later this month.

Iran's pledge to give U.N. inspectors access in the coming weeks to a second uranium enrichment site that Western powers said was hidden for three years, and plans for follow-up talks, bought Tehran a reprieve from tougher sanctions in the near future.

That is as long as Iran carries out its promise of more openness without obfuscating delays common in the past, and as long as no more concealed sites of proliferation concern, or any concrete evidence of attempts to develop atomic bombs, come to light.

The talks did not yield a date for the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit the newly revealed enrichment site.



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