U.S. and Iran møttes for talks in Geneva – Dagbladet.no

United States and Iran met Monday to direct talks in Geneva on Iran’s controversial nuclear program.

Talks began Monday and was scheduled to continue on Tuesday. According to the Iranian delegation was the first chat session constructive.

– Dialogue with the United States took place in a positive atmosphere, said delegation leader Abbas Araqchi after talks Monday night.

U.S. State Department said before the meeting that the goal was to “bring some realism to the table” in negotiations on the nuclear program.

United States and other Western countries fear that Iran will abuse the technology to develop nuclear weapons. Iran itself denies that the country is planning this.

(NTB)