Iran set for talks with world powers from Oct 1

October 11th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday called forthcoming talks over uranium exchange a "test" for future fruitful cooperation with the West. An Iranian delegation, headed by atomic organisation chief Ali-Akbar Salehi, will meet Oct 19 in Vienna with representatives from the US, Russia and France to discuss exchanging low-enriched uranium with other countries for high-enriched fissile material.

October 3rd, 2009 IAEA: ElBaradei to visit Iran this weekendVIENNA — The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has confirmed that its director general will visit Iran this weekend. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Mohamed ElBaradei and the Iranians will discuss a broad range of issues, including a covertly built enrichment facility that it recently revealed.

October 1st, 2009 EU envoy: IAEA to visit nuke plant soonGENTHOD, Switzerland — A senior EU envoy says Iran has pledged to open its recently revealed uranium enrichment plant to U.N. inspectors perhaps in the next few weeks.

October 1st, 2009 US, Iran meet directly at nuclear talks in GenevaGENTHOD, Switzerland — A senior U.S. official has met Iran's top atomic negotiator for face-to-face talks — the first such encounter in years of big-power attempts to persuade Tehran to freeze a program that could create nuclear weapons.

October 1st, 2009 Iran open to higher level talks with world powersUNITED NATIONS — Iran's foreign minister said Thursday his nation is willing to raise and extend its dialogue on a wide variety of issues to a "summit" level with world powers. Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters that Iran went into talks Thursday near Geneva with the United States and five other world powers with "a clear agenda and a plan of action." "And we have entered into these discussions with this clear agenda, and this dialogue can also be enhanced, both in form and the level of discussions," he said in Farsi, speaking through a translator at a news conference at U.N.

October 1st, 2009 Top powers meet Iran over nuclear programGENEVA — The United States and five other world powers have begun high-stakes talks with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities. A senior U.S.

September 23rd, 2009 Western powers expect 'serious response' from IranUNITED NATIONS — The international community expects a "serious response" from Iran in discussions about Tehran's nuclear program at a meeting next month, the British foreign secretary said Wednesday. Six global powers are to hold talks with Iranian representatives Oct.

September 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran has settled all its nuclear issues with the UN nuclear watchdog, so there was no need to review the issues in talks with world powers, a senior Iranian nuclear official said Tuesday. Deputy chief nuclear negotiator Ali Baqeri said that there had been some remaining issues which Iran has settled with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and hence removed all IAEA concerns and reaffirmed the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear projects.

September 14th, 2009 TEHRAN/BRUSSELS - Iran is set to meet the world's major powers for talks on its disputed nuclear programme Oct 1, officials said Monday. Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana "spoke this morning and agreed on a date for talks...

September 14th, 2009 US, 5 other world powers expected at Iran talksBRUSSELS — The EU says the United States and five other world powers are expected to meet with Iran's nuclear negotiator on Oct. 1. Spokeswoman Cristina Gallach says EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet with Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.

September 13th, 2009 TEHRAN - Turkey has declared readiness to host nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers, a media report said Sunday. The Press TV network quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying that his country was ready to host talks between Iran and the five permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany.

September 12th, 2009 TEHRAN - Tehran Saturday said it was ready to resume diplomatic talks with the West on the basis of its latest proposals regarding global issues, but vowed to make no concessions in the nuclear dispute. "Iran is seriously willing to enter talks with the world powers on the basis of the items mentioned in the latest package," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a press briefing in Tehran.

September 7th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran is ready to hold talks with world powers over global issues, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday, adding "from our point of view, Iran's nuclear issue is over". Ahmadinejad said: "We are prepared to sit down to hold talks." He, however, said Iran will neither halt uranium enrichment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights.

September 7th, 2009 TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is ready to hold talks with the world powers over global challenges including its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad said Monday Iran will initially present its package of proposals to the five permanent members of the U.N.

April 22nd, 2009 Iran wants 'constructive' talks on nuclear programTEHRAN, Iran — Iran welcomes a "constructive" dialogue with world powers over its nuclear program — but insisted that it won't halt its uranium enrichment activities, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. The report was in response to an invitation from the U.S., Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia for a new round of nuclear talks.