Optimism over prospects for a compre-hensive deal to lift US and EU sanctions on Iran’s nuclear programme is giving way to a more defiant tone from Tehran. Iran and representatives of the US, Russia,China,UK,France and Germany held a third round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme this week,as the two sides approach the halfway mark of the interim six-month deal reached in Novem-ber.Financial incentives agreed as a con-dition for the talks have so far delivered little tangible relief for Iran’s economy. The repatriation of$4.2bn in oil revenues embargoed in foreign banks is moving slowly,Iran says(WPA,29 November,p3).
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