It is one of those concepts that is particularly odious to Russia — an automatic trigger mechanism under which the UN Security Council would be forced to do something. Now a dispute over that issue threatens to wreck marathon negotiations on a preliminary political framework for a future comprehensive deal that would end the 12-year standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The other major sticking point is Tehran’s demands to continue pursuing nuclear centrifuge research and development
The dispute is this: Negotiators from six world powers – the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China – and Iran are struggling to …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis