Ashton: World powers 'carefully' examining Iran's proposal

World powers are "carefully" examining Iran's proposal which aims to resolve the dispute over its nuclear programme, ahead of a new round of talks on Nov. 7-8, the European Union's foreign policy chief said.

Catherine Ashton said the two sides had agreed that nuclear and sanctions experts would meet before the next high-level meeting. She told a news conference the discussions had been more detailed than at earlier meetings, calling them: "the most detailed (discussions) we have ever had, by, I would say, a long way. Our positions have been set out on a number of issues already."