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Nuclear talks with Europe to resume after IAEA meeting - Iran

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TEHRAN, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - Negotiations with the European Troika on Iran's "nuclear file" will resume after the next meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister said Wednesday.

"Negotiations with the Europeans will resume after the IAEA's Board of Governors meets in Vienna," Manouchehr Mottaki said, adding the meeting had been scheduled for November 24.

Iran's nuclear program has long been an issue for debate, with Iran saying it enriches uranium to generate energy and not to develop nuclear weapons, a position echoed by Russia.

Mottaki said he had discussed "general aspects of the upcoming talks" with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw over the phone Tuesday night.

"We agreed that the details, the time and place of the talks would be determined through diplomatic channels," he said.

Earlier reports from Europe suggested that the talks would resume December 6, but British officials denied that any date had been set for further talks between Iran and the troika, also called the Big Three and featuring Britain, France and Germany.

Europe and the United States have been mounting pressure on Tehran to reveal the details of its nuclear program, saying that otherwise it will be referred to the UN Security Council. Iran agreed to negotiate the issue with the IAEA, but was said to show little enthusiasm.

Russia and Iran are currently cooperating in the construction of an $800-million nuclear reactor in the Iranian city of Bushehr, which is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2006.

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