Iran, EU to discuss nuclear programme

Iran and the EU will hold talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, the ISNA news agency has reported.

Iran and the EU will hold talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, the ISNA news agency has reported.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will hold talks on the dispute next Wednesday.

ISNA said Mr Larijani and Mr Solana spoke by telephone today in what is believed to be the third such phone conversation since the United Nations Security Council last month imposed new sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.

"Based on the agreement of the two parties, the new round of Larijani's and Solana's negotiations will start on April 25th, Wednesday," ISNA said.

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