Baghdad — Recently resumed Iran nuclear talks almost collapsed in Baghdad, just a couple hours before the chief international negotiator announced that the parties had agreed to hold a third meeting in Moscow next month, Western diplomats told Al-Monitor Friday.
Infighting at the Iran Nuclear Talks
![European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attend a meeting in Istanbul April 14, 2012. Iran and world powers discussed Tehran's controversial nuclear programme for the first time in over a year on Saturday and, in what Western diplomats called a constructive development given their low expectations, agreed to meet again next month. Ashton, who has headed negotiations for the six international powers including the U.S. and Russia, told a news conference aft](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q2/RTR30QKI.jpg/RTR30QKI.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=DQCXFwDD)
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