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Britain, France, Germany Hold Nuclear Talks with Iran
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10C5C06:3919ACA Iran requested
meeting in hopes of finding way to avoid being referred to UN Security
Council for possible sanctions European Union officials meet with
Iranian officials Monday for last-ditch talks to resolve the standoff
over Iran's nuclear program.

Iran requested the Brussels meeting with envoys from Britain, Germany
and France in hopes of finding a way to avoid being referred to the
U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.

In another meeting Monday in London, foreign ministers from the five
permanent members of the Security Council and Germany will discuss the
issue.

The meetings come ahead of an emergency session of the International
Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna Thursday, when the IAEA could refer
Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions.

Russia and China are calling for a diplomatic solution to the
standoff. The West accuses Tehran of secretly trying to build an
atomic bomb - a charge Iran denies.


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