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Iran, UN agency hold ‘constructive’ talks | The Times of Israel.

Illustrative photo of the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour/File)

VIENNA (AP) — Iranian and UN officials are upbeat at the end of talks on resuming a UN probe to determine whether Tehran worked on atomic arms, in a sign that Iran’s new president is serious when he says he wants to reduce nuclear tensions.

Herman Nackaerts of the UN’s nuclear agency says the talks were “very constructive.” Iranian envoy Reza Najafi speaks of a “constructive discussion.” Both say the talks will resume Oct. 28, with Nackaerts saying they will be “substantive.”

The two spoke Friday at the end of talks aimed at ending a nearly two-year stalemate. The UN agency wants access to a site it suspects was used to test conventional explosive triggers meant to set off a nuclear blast.

Iran denies working on, or interest in, nuclear arms.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press

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