Thaw? U.S. and Iran inching towards direct talks for first time in decades

U.S. and Iranian officials are tentatively laying the groundwork for potential face-to-face talks between the two governments, the first in the rancorous 34 years since radical students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and founded the Islamic theocracy. Diplomatic relations have been broken ever since.

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Both governments have issued conciliatory public statements in recent days that suggest a new willingness to scale back the tension…

Washington and Tehran have exchanged private messages about the civil war in Syria, according to Iran’s new foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, although he didn’t reveal the substance. Analysts say Iran is trying to avoid having the Syrian chemical weapons crisis damage prospects for a potential resolution of Tehran’s nuclear standoff with the West…

Rouhani’s election “presents an opportunity for Iran to act quickly to resolve the international community’s deep concerns over Iran’s nuclear program,” Meehan said. “Should this new government choose to engage substantially and seriously to meet its international obligations and find a peaceful solution to this issue, it will find a willing partner in the United States.”

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