US And Iran Meet For 'Critical' Nuclear Talks

Official bilateral talks between the US and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme are to take place for the first time in decades.

The US is sending two of its top diplomats to Geneva for the first full-scale negotiations between the two countries in many years.

Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and White House adviser Jake Sullivan were part of a small team who engaged in secret talks in Oman last year.

These meetings brought Iran to the negotiating table, but the P5+1 of Britain, China, France, Russia, the US and Germany made no progress during talks with Iran last month - prompting fears progress is stalling.

Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns held secret talks last year

It is thought Iran will seek to discuss the lifting of sanctions during talks with the US on Monday and Tuesday.

Abbas Araqchi, a vice foreign minister who will lead the Iranian delegation, told the IRNA news agency the negotiations were now entering a "serious phase".

"We have always had bilateral discussions with the United States in the margin of the P5+1 group, but since the talks have entered a serious phase, we want to have separate consultations," he said.

"Most of the sanctions were imposed by the US, and other countries from the P5+1 group were not involved."

The P5+1 countries are due to meet Iranian politicians again between June 16-20.

Talks made little progress while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Iran's president

A senior US official told Reuters: "We're at a critical moment. We've always said that we would engage bilaterally with the Iranians if it can help advance our efforts, in active coordination with the P5+1."

The aim of the international discussions is to find an agreement on the future of Iran's nuclear programme.

The election of self-declared moderate Hassan Rouhani as Iranian president last June has been key to progress after decades of hostility.

An interim deal struck last November led the US and its partners to release $7bn (£4.2bn) from frozen funds in return for a slowdown in Iran's controversial uranium enrichment.

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