Error in iPhoto with importing photos. How to reset?

I disconnect my iPhone from my MacBook because importing photos in iPhoto didn't work well.
Now I want to try it again but iPhoto keeps saying: "Photos are being imported to the photo library. Please wait for import to complete."
But it import nothing at all...
How can I import photos again?

Quit iPhoto if it's running. Force quit if necessary.
Back up all data.
Select the active iPhoto Library in the Finder. By default, it's in the Pictures subfolder of your home folder, but you may have put it elsewhere. Right-click or control-click the icon, then select
Show Package Contents
from the contextual menu.
In the Finder window, you may now see a folder named "Import". Open that folder and move its contents to the Desktop. Do the same with the folder named "Auto Import", if it's present. Make no other changes.
Close the window. Launch iPhoto and test.

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