TALKS on Iran’s nuclear energy programme stalled yesterday as the United States moved the goalposts, while Israel’s prime minister likened Iran to Islamic State (Isis).

International Atomic Energy Agency director General Yukiya Amano said meetings with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had resulted in a “better understanding on some ways forward,” but that “more work will be needed.”

US negotiators have complicated the talks by insisting that Iran allow an investigation into alleged secret nuclear arms programmes.