1. Iran: Nuclear Dance Continues, With Negotiations by Phone.
- Author
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GLADSTONE, RICK
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INTERNATIONAL arbitration , *NUCLEAR weapons , *ECONOMIC sanctions , *NEGOTIATION , *PETROLEUM products , *TELEPHONE calls , *FACE-to-face communication , *INTERNATIONAL trade - Abstract
The article reports on the agreement of Catherine Ashton, the top negotiator that push Iran to stop its nuclear program, to make negotiations by telephone with her Iranian counterpart Saeed Jalili in 2012. It mentions that Jalili and Ashton met in Istanbul, their first face-to-face meeting on September 19, but no further meetings were planned. The impacts of the European and American economic sanctions on Iran have deepened, plunges in the value of the Iranian currency and Iranian oil exports.
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- 2012