Three days of intensive talks about Iran's nuclear program concluded early Sunday without an agreement, though key players insisted they believed the process is moving in the right direction. "A lot of concrete progress has been achieved, but some differences remain," European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told reporters in Geneva, Switzerland. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif echoed that sentiment, saying "hopefully we will be able to reach an agreement when we meet again." "I think we are all on the same wavelength, and that's important," Zarif said. "And that gives us the impetus to go forward." The inclusion of top diplomats such as Zarif, Ashton and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left some thinking that this latest meeting could lead to a breakthrough to satisfy the international community's desire that Iran not develop a nuclear weapon and, with that, a relaxation of crippling sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation.
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U.S. secretary of state says "diplomacy takes time"
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Iran's foreign minister says the meetings are "something that we can build on"
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EU official: "Concrete progress has been achieved, but ... differences remain"
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This marks the latest movement after years of stalemate on Iran's nuclear program
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