US Secretary (rice) said that Iran not serious at nuclear talks

First public comments since Saturday’s meeting in Switzerland, Rice said Iran had given the run-around to envoys from the US and five other world powers. Rice said all six nations were serious about a two-week deadline Iran now has to agree to freeze suspect activities and start negotiations or be hit with new penalties. At the meeting, Iran had been expected to respond to a package of incentives offered in exchange for halting enrichment of uranium, which can be used to fuel atomic weapons. Rice said that instead of a coherent answer, Iran‘s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili delivered a "meandering" monologue full of irrelevant "small talk about culture" that appeared to annoy many of the others present at the table in Geneva. Rice told reporters aboard her plane as she flew to the United Arab Emirates.