Negotiators seek progress at Iran nuclear talks

Diplomats from the P5+1 and Iran aim to make headway during the next round of nuclear talks; however, Zarif has said that if a deal is not reached during the next meeting 'it’s not a disaster'.
Jacques Audibert, General and Stategic Affairs director of France (3rd L) talks to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (2nd L) as U.S. ambassador William Burns (C) Chinese assistant Foreign Minister Hailong Wu, European political adviser Robert Cooper from Britain and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (4th L-R) arrive for a meeting at the conference centre near the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva, December 6, 2010. Six world powers began their first talks with Iran in more
Jacques Audibert, General and Stategic Affairs director of France (3rd L) talks to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (2nd L) as US ambassador William Burns (C) Chinese assistant Foreign Minister Hailong Wu, European political adviser Robert Cooper from Britain and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (4th L-R) arrive for a meeting at the conference centre near the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Dec. 6, 2010. - REUTERS/Anja Niedringhaus/Pool
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Geneva__ Negotiators from Iran and six world powers said they were looking to make progress towards a nuclear deal at a new round of high-level talks due to get underway here Thursday.

"We hope to make concrete progress in the upcoming round," Michael Mann, spokesperson for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said here Wednesday.

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