US, Iran May Meet One-on-One on Nukes

Meeting tomorrow could be most direct engagement since the revolution
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 30, 2009 2:11 PM CDT
US, Iran May Meet One-on-One on Nukes
An Iranian missile lifts off.   (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Shaigan)

US diplomats will try to meet one-on-one with their Iranian counterparts during tomorrow’s multi-nation negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program. It would be the most significant direct engagement between the two countries since the Iranian revolution. An anonymous official tells the Washington Post that the one-on-one talks would "reinforce the main concerns we will be making” in the group meetings with other Western powers. It's still unclear whether Iran will agree to them.
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