London-based analyst Mehrdad Emadi, an expert on the EU's Iran policy, said "EU sanctions take six to seven years to prepare, in a drawn-out process, so you can't abolish them overnight."
Emadi said in Baghdad, Iran was promised compensatory materiel if it agreed to stop its uranium enrichment program. However, Iran made no concessions.
Diplomacy irrelevant? Emadi said it would be relatively easy to agree on give-and-take with Iran in respect to financial sanctions. "If the EU and the US could agree to allow Iranian banks back into the SWIFT financial network," he said, "that would take a huge pressure off the Iranian economy. It would be an effective and inexpensive step by the West that would resonate in Tehran."
Iran, world powers likely to seek compromise
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At the end of seven-nation talks in Baghdad, the game of high-stakes poker over Iran's nuclear program is to enter another round. Positions have already been staked ahead of a meeting scheduled for mid-June in Moscow.
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