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Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks

Iran and European powers met in Geneva on Monday under a shroud of secrecy to discuss Teheran's nuclear program. They were the second round of talks in less than two months, following a discreet meeting in Geneva last November between Teheran and the three European powers, Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3. "The talks were serious, frank, and constructive. We discussed ideas involving certain details in the sanctions-lifting and nuclear fields that are needed for a deal," Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for international and legal affairs, wrote on X on Monday.