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September 24, 2013

Kerry to Meet with Iranian Foreign Minister at U.N. 
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Iran's foreign minister will meet this week with diplomats from six
other countries, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, to
discuss Iran's disputed nuclear program. It is expected to mark the
highest-level in-person meeting between representatives of the United
States and Iran since the 1979 Iranian revolution. Catherine Ashton,
foreign policy chief for the European Union, announced the plan on
Monday after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

Catherine Ashton: "We talked about a number of important issues, but
focused on the nuclear issue. We had a good and constructive discussion.
Foreign Minister Zarif will join the E3+3 meeting later this week, which
I will be chairing, in order to have a short discussion, and we have
agreed that we, he and I, will meet with our teams in Geneva in
October."
The White House has said it's open to a meeting between Iranian
President Hasan Rouhani and President Obama, both of whom are addressing
the U.N. General Assembly today.

 

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