UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Seven months and more than a half dozen rounds into talks on a substantive nuclear deal, Iran and six world powers gathering for another session appear no closer to an agreement.

Iran claims its nuclear program has only peaceful purposes, but Western nations have long suspected Iran wants to have the capacity to make nuclear weapons.

Recommended Stories

Is ‘frontier intelligence’ a sustainable business strategy?

Don’t raise the ceiling without a plan

The Mahoning Valley came home, but it did not come back