Khamenei declines to receive Turkish PM. Setback for nuclear diplomacy

By refusing to receive Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran Wednesday , Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei placed an obstacle in the path of the Six Power nuclear talks with Tehran scheduled to open in Istanbul April 13. The official IRNA agency said Erdogan would discuss nuclear matters with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani