[BITList] ome setbacks!

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surprise, surprise - and everything was going so well............................!!
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VIENNA—Negotiations between Iran and the United Nations' nuclear watchdog appeared to break down over the issue of inspections Friday, imperiling hopes for a broader diplomatic effort to end the international standoff peacefully.

The talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency were widely seen as a precursor to a gathering of international powers in Moscow on June 18-19. Friday's outcome fueled concerns in Washington and Brussels that the second, more far-reaching, international push to curb Tehran's nuclear work is stagnating.

Underscoring the gloom, diplomats from the two sides have failed in recent days even to agree on a formal agenda for the Moscow talks. And no new date has been set for another discussion of IAEA inspections.

"After today's meeting, without any progress, there were some setbacks," the IAEA's director general, Yukiya Amano, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal shortly after the talks concluded. "I cannot be in an optimistic mood."

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