Iran, six world powers in Geneva for N-talks

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Iran and six world powers are in Geneva for talks about the country's controversial nuclear programme, reports CBC.
Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili arrives at the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva Monday.
The talks - the first in more than a year - involve the European Union, the United States, China, Russia, France, Britain and Germany.
The long-term aim for the six is nudging Iran toward agreeing to stop uranium enrichment, which can make both fuel for reactors and the fissile core of nuclear arms.
But Iran's defiance was highlighted Sunday when Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the country has gained self-sufficiency over the entire nuclear fuel cycle - from extracting uranium ore to enriching it and producing nuclear fuel.
The US and other nations believe that Iran may be trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has said it needs enriched uranium to create fuel for a planned network of nuclear reactors.
The UN Security council has imposed several rounds of sanctions against Iran over its refusal to curtail its nuclear program.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is meeting EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and senior officials from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain - plus Germany.
The talks, being held near the Swiss mission to the United Nations, are scheduled to last for two days. But analysts say the best outcome that can be hoped for is simply the agreement of further meetings.
The resumption of talks with Iran after more than a year is unlikely to mean that Iran is now ready to negotiate a suspension of its enrichment activities as demanded by the Security Council. Indeed, Iran's announcement just in advance of the talks that it is now able to produce its own yellowcake, the crushed uranium ore which is turned into a gas for enrichment, has given it a new confidence that it can ride out sanctions.