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September 27, 2013

U.S., Iran Voice Optimism After Rare Meeting 
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The United States and Iran have held their highest-level official
diplomatic meeting in decades to discuss Iran's disputed nuclear
program. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart
joined diplomats from several other countries on the sidelines of the
U.N. General Assembly. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the
group agreed to meet again in Geneva next month. John Kerry called the
meeting "constructive" and said he and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif also held their own meeting on the side.

Mohammad Javad Zarif: "So we’ve agreed to try to continue a process
that we’ll try to make concrete, to find a way to answer the questions
that people have about Iran’s nuclear program. Needless to say, one
meeting and a change in tone, which was welcome, doesn’t answer those
questions yet, and there’s a lot of work to be done."

 

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