Iran officials say nuke talks in Qatar to end without deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities say indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers will end without breaking a deadlock over the talks. Their comments Wednesday followed a report by the semiofficial Iranian news agency Tasnim. The U.S. State Department and the European Union, which is mediating the talks in Qatar, did not immediately acknowledge the end of the negotiations in Doha. Tasnim described the negotiations as finished and having “no effect on breaking the deadlock in the talks.” U.S. Special Representative Rob Malley spoke to the Iranians through EU official Enrique Mora during the talks. Iran’s Foreign Ministry later insisted the talks weren’t over yet.