U.S., Iran have history of contact since cutting ties
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When U.S. and Iranian officials sit down at a regional meeting in Baghdad on Saturday it will be far from the first time they have been in the same room since the United States severed ties with Iran in 1980.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 21 (IPS) - After a tense week with several U.S. allies  breaking ranks with the George W. Bush administration on Iran, an  agreement has been reached to give diplomacy a bit more time.
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A dual U.S. and Iranian citizen who visited Iran this year has not been heard from since March and a California institute he is affiliated with said on Thursday it was concerned about his whereabouts.
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TEHRAN, Iran -- Despite recent tensions over Iran's nuclear program, the United States and Iran quietly initiated a high-level cultural exchange this week with a visit to Tehran by the librarian of Congress, James Billington.
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NEW YORK -- Iran's foreign minister said yesterday his country's relations with the United States are about the worst ever, but he believes the upcoming US presidential election could open avenues for renewed dialogue, even if President Bush is reelected.
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The United States told Iran its support for militias fighting in Iraq needs to cease, said Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq. Crocker spoke at a news conference today after a meeting with Iranian diplomats in Baghdad -- the first public and formal meeting between U.S. and Iranian representatives since the United States cut off diplomatic relations 27 years ago.
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Seeking to evade new U.N. sanctions, Iran has pledged to end years of stonewalling and provide answers on past suspicious activities to the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency probing its atomic program, an official said Friday.
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The United States and Iran began talks on Monday, resuming public diplomacy for the first time in nearly three decades. The meeting between ambassadors on security in Iraq could produce a chapter in world history for its success or a footnote for its failure.
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The Bush administration wants to open cultural exchanges with archrival Iran this fall, starting with invitations for U.S. visits to about 200 young Iranian professionals and foreign language teachers.
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Iran may be dueling with Washington over its nuclear ambitions, but when the country desperately needed corn last month, it turned to the United States.
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Iran has charged three U.S.-Iranian citizens with spying, officials said on Tuesday, just a day after Washington and Tehran held their most high-profile talks in nearly 30 years.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU   foreign policy chief said on Sunday misunderstandings had been   removed and progress made during talks on Iran's nuclear   program and they would meet again next week.
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Iran's foreign minister indicated Monday his country would take part in at least part of an international conference on Iraq in Baghdad, which would be the first U.S.-Iranian contact in more than two years.
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says relations with the US could be restored in the future.
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Iranian president says he wants friendship with Washington, despite mounting speculation over possible US strikes against Tehran.
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In a departure from usual policy, a senior U.S. Treasury official met Iranian representatives in Paris last month as part of a multinational gathering to discuss "terror financing," said U.S. officials on Friday.
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The United States and Iran held the first high-profile, face-to-face talks in nearly three decades today, adhering to an agenda that focused strictly on how the bitter adversaries could improve conditions in Iraq.