U.S. reportedly ready to join Iran talks
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The United States is ready to meet with Iran and other nations for talks on Tehran&#039;s nuclear ambitions if the Islamic republic gives up uranium enrichment, diplomats said Wednesday.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Outgoing Secretary of  State Colin Powell signaled on Tuesday Washington was open to  one day re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran after the  countries held their most sustained, high-level contact in  years.
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The United States sent on Thursday its clearest signal to date that it is open to bilateral talks with Iran and Syria, saying it will not "walk away" if either approaches to discuss stabilizing Iraq at a neighbors conference this weekend.
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Iran is willing to talk with the United States about a nuclear program that Washington alleges is aimed at secretly acquiring the bomb, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Monday. The White House, however, rejected the idea.
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Iran is ready to hold more talks with its arch enemy the United States to help secure Iraq, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
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Major powers will begin discussing   an Iran sanctions resolution at a meeting in Europe next week   if Tehran continues to defy a U.N. Security Council demand to   halt uranium enrichment, the U.S. State Department said on   Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. would hold direct talks with Iran if Tehran suspended its nuclear program. Iran's president, however, pledged to move ahead with enrichment activity that Washington contends masks weapons development.
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Iran says it is determined an  international standoff over its nuclear programe should be  brought to a head in November, confident it can rebut U.S.  accusations of a secret bomb-making agenda.
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Iran said Tuesday it was ready for "serious negotiations" on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. A semiofficial news agency said the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment &#151; the key U.S. demand.
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Iran said on Sunday it wanted to discuss the activities of "terrorist groups" when it next holds talks with the United States about boosting security in Iraq.
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Iran would be available to hold  further talks with the United States over the issue of Iraq,  Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on  Wednesday during a visit to South Africa.
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Iran is ready to walk out of nuclear talks with the European Union and face the UN Security Council if the EU insists on demanding Tehran scrap uranium enrichment, a senior Iran security official says.
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European nations welcome a US offer of conditional talks with Iran to try to resolve the nuclear stand-off.
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Iran's foreign minister indicated Monday his country would take part in the international conference on Iraq on Saturday, which would be the first public U.S.-Iranian encounter in nearly three years.
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The Bush administration will talk with European allies later this week about possible economic incentives to Iran if it agrees to suspend the enrichment of uranium, a key step in the production of nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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Iran is close to a deal that would   include a temporary suspension of uranium enrichment and clear   the way for nuclear talks but Tehran wants to keep the   agreement secret, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent tough talk on Iran likely will be a topic of discussion when he meets U.S. officials in Washington.