By GEORGE JAHN
In this Nov. 9, 2013, photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, third left, meets with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, center, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, third right, at the Iran Nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland. The deadlocked international effort to sign a nuclear deal with Iran has spurred a global blame game over who walked away from the negotiating table and why. It’s a war of words playing out in public statements from top officials and across social media, with a bluntness that stands in stark contrast to the secretive and diplomatic nature of the negotiations themselves. And it raises questions about whether the debate will compound the years of mistrust between Iran and the West when the parties reconvene in Geneva for another round of talks next week. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N atomic energy agency says the Iranian government has slowed its pace of uranium enrichment ahead of new nuclear talks with six world powers.
In a report Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency also says that no major new components have been installed at an Iranian reactor that will produce plutonium.
Nuclear weapons contain either plutonium or enriched uranium. Iran says it is enriching only to get reactor fuel and says the reactor will be for medical and research purposes. It denies any interest in nuclear weapons.
Iran and the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are looking to limit Tehran’s nuclear capacities. Tehran wants relief from economic sanctions. They meet again next week after talks last week.
