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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In a policy shift toward a long-time   foe, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday   the United States would open talks with Iran if Tehran   verifiably suspended its nuclear enrichment and reprocessing   activities.
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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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TEHRAN -- A quarter-century after U.S.-Iran relations collapsed, Iranians are angrier and more anxious about U.S. policy than at any time since 1979-81, when the United States took in the deposed and dying shah, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy and 52 hostages were held for 444 days.
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Representatives from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom met with Iranian officials twice in October in an effort to head off a possible diplomatic showdown over its nuclear program.
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BAGHDAD, March 10 -- After months of trading accusations, U.S. and Iranian officials sat in the same room Saturday at a much-anticipated regional conference on finding ways to end Iraq's sectarian violence and prevent a wider conflict.
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Iran and the United States are set to hold their first bilateral talks in almost three decades to discuss Iraq.
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Despite intense disagreement over suspected nuclear weapons and terrorism, the Bush administration decided Tuesday to allow former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to visit the United States.
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A former Iranian leader once seen as the harbinger of moderation and better relations with the United States is making the case for dialogue nearly on the doorstep of the White House.
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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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Formation of a national unity government in Baghdad has cleared the way for proposed direct talks between the United States and Iran about the situation inside Iraq, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Sunday.
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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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WASHINGTON, Dec 12: The White House has listened in on phone calls between Mohamed ElBaradei and Iranian diplomats, the US media reported on Sunday.
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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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The United States hopes a meeting between the U.S. and Iranian envoys to Baghdad will push Tehran to change its ways in Iraq even though their last encounter made no difference, said U.S. officials on Monday.
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The United States left open the possibility on Wednesday that U.S. diplomats could meet one-on-one with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a conference of Iraq's neighbors in Baghdad this weekend.
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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.