Iran vows to open uranium plant in weeks

A SENIOR EU envoy says Iran has pledged to open its recently revealed uranium enrichment plant to UN inspectors perhaps in the next few weeks.

Javier Solana, the EU’s top foreign policy official, also confirmed Iran and six world powers will hold a new set of talks on international concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme and other issues raised by the Islamic Republic. He spoke yesterday after the seven-nation meeting outside Geneva.

The US and Iran sat down for bilateral talks during a break, a significant departure from past US policy of not negotiating with Tehran.