Iran and US see 'positive' steps in first formal talks since 1980
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TEHRAN - An Iranian negotiator said Sunday that Iran and three big European powers have reached a preliminary agreement over what to do about Iran&#39;s nuclear program.
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A senior Iranian official said that progress had been made during talks in Paris aimed at averting a crisis over the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear program.
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The Bush administration cautiously welcomed Iran&#039;s new willingness to negotiate over its disputed nuclear program on Tuesday, even as it intensifies efforts to use international trade and financial levers to pinch the clerical regime.
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In a major policy shift, the United States said Wednesday it is prepared to join other nations in holding direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program if Iran first agrees to stop disputed nuclear activities that the West fears could lead to a bomb.
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Iran says it is close to restoring diplomatic ties with Egypt, ending a 30-year freeze in relations.
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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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Security in Iraq was the focus of the first US-Iran talks in nearly 30 years on Monday.
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Iran will "review with a positive point of view" an Iraqi request for a new round of Iranian-American talks, but only after the United States responds to the invitation, the Islamic republic's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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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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The conference next month would include the first direct, high-level diplomatic contacts between American and Iranian officials in more than two years.
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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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Iran will "remove obstacles" blocking negotiations with the United States if Washington shows good will, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani said Wednesday.
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Tehran - Iranian and European Union officials have reached a &quot;preliminary agreement&quot; on resolving concerns over the Islamic republic&#39;s nuclear programme following two days of negotiations in Paris, a top Iranian official said on Sunday.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU'S   foreign policy chief said on Sunday they had cleared up   misunderstandings and made progress in talks on Iran's disputed   nuclear program and would meet again soon.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran is open to talks on its nuclear programme.
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The United States accused Iran in talks on Tuesday of increasing support for militias involved in bloodshed in Iraq but, in a rare sign of cooperation, agreed with Tehran to set up a panel to improve security.