Six world powers and Iran made a “good start” during talks in Vienna towards reaching a final settlement on Tehran’s contested nuclear program, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday. Speaking to reporters after three days of negotiations, Ashton said the two sides had identified the ingredients of an accord that could put an end to years of hostility between the West and the oil producing nation. But she cautioned that future negotiations, which western governments want to wrap up by late July, would not be easy. “We have had three very productive days during which we have identified all of the issues we need to address in reaching a comprehensive and final agreement,” she told reporters. “There is a lot to do. It won’t be easy but we have made a good start.” Senior diplomats from the six powers – the United […]