the foreign policy chief of the EU. This was not a negotiating session, however, Ashton is just trying to assess whether there is any purpose to holding another negotiating session between Iran and the Big Six. An EU announcement after the meeting didn’t say Ashton had concluded another meeting would be useful. It simply said Ashton tried to impress on Jalili “the urgent need to make progress.” Britain, France and Germany met shortly afterward and said it was time for more sanctions.
