Iran Live: Decoding the Signals from the Nuclear Talks
Iran Snap Analysis: No Advance in the Nuclear Talks on Friday br>
Friday's Iran Live: Nuclear Talks Resume in Kazakhstan
1942 GMT: Nuclear Watch. The American attempt to put the spin on the outcome of the nuclear talks has now emerged.
A "senior U.S. official" told reporters that, despite the failure to make any advance, there was no breakdown in nuclear negotiations and that diplomacy would continue.
The official said Iran could be subjected to more economic sanctions in the future, as Western governments seek to step up pressure, but he also claimed that there were some positive signs in the two sets of Almaty discussions in February and April: "Our exchanges were more natural and free-flowing than they had been in the past talks."