Germany hopes for progress on Iran nuclear talks

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said he hoped for progress in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme after Hassan Rowhani assumes the presidency Saturday. Westerwelle told German news agency DPA Friday that Rowhani’s inauguration offered an ‘opportunity’to clear the impasse but that ‘deeds not words’were what counted. ‘We want confidence-building measures from Iran and substantial progress in resolving the dispute over its nuclear programme,’he said.