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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
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(Newser) – 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.

An Iranian missile lifts off.
An Iranian missile lifts off.   (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Shaigan)
Map with satellite image shows suspected nuclear site in Iran
Map with satellite image shows suspected nuclear site in Iran
Iranian Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
Iranian Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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WallyEFunk
Oct 1, 2009 1:38 AM CDT
FYI Comment was an experiment, On thumbs up/ down, to see If person,and who they are, not the comment effect thumbs,and see results. I'm coming up yes. a few articles away. terrrist has a bomb in his ass , a comment was made about how US gun control and that, was the same?and recieved 4 thumbs up so far. How? Why? Because of who he is ? There not the same right ? I hope. My dumb a$$ one, 4 down. Thunbs up for you 2
Rob
Sep 30, 2009 8:51 AM CDT
I'm not sure this is an accurate assessment of the actual dynamics there given the possibility of an unrestrained Israel. Iran is a formidable power in the region, but so is Israel. I think Israel will bomb Iranian sites out of final desperation at the foot dragging from the rest of the world. The war that follows will at least not be nuclear.
Rob
Sep 30, 2009 8:47 AM CDT
Carpet bomb with nukes? Are you for real? Or just a dumb ass troll?

 
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