Talks Don't Yield New Nuclear Offer for Iran

A meeting in Shanghai of permanent UN Security Council members and Germany failed to produce a new set of incentives to offer Iran for cessation of its nuclear activities, Reuters reports. "We can say we agreed on the main content of a plan to restart negotiations, but not all the problems have been resolved," a senior Chinese diplomat said today.

Tehran rejected a standing offer of the incentives agreed upon in 2006, forcing the council to try to draft another package. Nonetheless, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that Iran was ready for nuclear negotiations—provided the nation’s rights were not impinged upon.