24/09/2013 10:28
Iran to hold key nuclear talks at UN
Iran's foreign minister will meet six major world powers at the UN this week to discuss Tehran's nuclear programme, US and EU officials say, according to the BBC.
The meeting with Iranian FM Mohammed Javad Zarif will include US Secretary of State John Kerry - the highest level US-Iran contact for more than 30 years.
Talks will take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani has said he is ready to restart stalled nuclear talks without preconditions.
In a separate development, Tehran said it had pardoned 80 prisoners.
Among them are a number of those who were arrested over protests following the disputed presidential election in 2009.
The move comes a few days after a pardon was issued to 11 inmates.