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Kerry and Iranian counterpart meet, set stage for new round of nuclear negotiations

1Secretary of State John Kerry, along with fellow diplomats, met briefly 2Thursday with his Iranian counterpart, marking the highest-level 3meeting between the two countries since the Iranian revolution of 1979.

4EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton later described the talks as 5“substantial” and said they had set the stage for a new round of 6negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program Oct. 15-16 in Geneva.

7Speaking to reporters later, Kerry warned there was still “a lot of work to 8be done” but added he welcomed the “change in tone.”

9Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he was "satisfied with this first 10step."

11Kerry sat next to Zarif at the meeting, the Associated Press reported. 12Others attending were the five permanent members of the U.N. 13Security Council and Germany.

14The diplomats met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in 15New York, amid mixed signals about how serious Iran was about 16coming back to the negotiating table over its nuclear program.

17Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said before the U.N. on Tuesday 18that he was ready to engage in “time-bound” talks on Tehran’s nuclear 19program, hours after Obama said he had directed Kerry to once again 20pursue diplomacy with Iran. The U.S. president noted indications of a 21more “moderate course” from Iran’s new leader.

22But Obama was snubbed by the Iranians, as U.S. officials revealed 23that Rouhani declined to meet with Obama, even informally, on the 24sidelines of the U.N.

25A senior administration official said a formal, one-on-one meeting was 26never on the table. But, the official said, "we indicated that the two 27leaders could have had a discussion on the margins if the opportunity 28presented itself." 

29The official said: "The Iranians got back to us; it was clear that it was 30too complicated for them to do that at this time given their own 31dynamic back home." 

32Despite the snub, U.S. officials remained optimistic. A senior State 33Department official said ahead of the meeting Thursday that while they 34didn’t anticipate any issues would be resolved, “we are hopeful that 35we can continue to chart a path forward.”

36“We hope that this new Iranian government will show that it is 37prepared to engage substantively to address these long standing 38concerns and we will see today and in months ahead whether they will 39follow words with action,” the official said.

40Among the agenda items at Thursday’s meeting was a review of the 41latest report on Iran’s nuclear program issued by the Director General 42of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to that agency’s 43Board of Governors.

44The report shows that Iran has moved forward aggressively on its 45nuclear program this summer, continuing to enrich uranium to levels 46consistent with weapons development and carrying out undeclared  47activities at the previously undeclared site of Parchin, leading the      48agency to say its verification duties have been “seriously undermined.”

49Fox News’ James Rosen and Associated Press contributed to this report.

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