US and Iran: New Nuclear Talks

      On August 7, a high-level U.S. delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns (left) met with Iranian officials in Geneva. It was the first meeting of officials from the two sides since the world’s six major powers and Iran failed to produce a final nuclear agreement in mid-July. “These bilateral consultations will take place in the context of the P5+1 nuclear negotiations led by E.U. High Representative Cathy Ashton,” according to a State Department media note released late on August 6. After the meeting, Iran's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the talks were "good and useful." But another deputy foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, warned that Iran won't cut its centrifuge capacity down to a "toy enrichment" program. The following is a list of U.S. officials who participated in the consultations and tweets on the talks by Iran's quasi-official nuclear program website.