White House denies agreement on U.S., Iran nuclear talks

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Source: Politico

The Obama administration is denying a report that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks that could be a last-chance opportunity to avoid war over Iran's nuclear program.

Citing senior administration officials, The New York Times reported Sunday that Iranian officials have agreed to negotiations, but not until after the presidential election, so that they know whether they're negotiating with President Obama or Mitt Romney.

But National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor pushed back against the Times's story.

"It’s not true that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks or any meeting after the American elections," he said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/white-house-denies-agreement-on-us-iran-nuclear-talks-139083.html

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran's reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there's no agreement now to meet.

National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said Saturday that President Barack Obama has made clear that he will prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and will do whatever's necessary to prevent that from happening. Vietor said Iran must come in line with its obligations, or else faced increased pressure.

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Full AP article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_IRAN?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2012-10-20-20-39-36
Article also here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121020/us-us-iran/

CNN

07:46 PM ET

White House denies nuclear report

The White House denied a report Saturday that said the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks over Iran’s nuclear program.

Such talks, as reported by The New York Times, would be a first.

“It’s not true that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks or any meeting after the American elections,” White House National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement.

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/20/white-house-denies-nuclear-report/

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White House denies agreement on U.S., Iran nuclear talks (Original post)	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	OP
Damn that sucks :(	darkangel218	Oct 2012	#1
Well so much for that 'October surprise'.	Drunken Irishman	Oct 2012	#2
I suspect the hotline from tel aviv lit up this afternoon. eom	Purveyor	Oct 2012	#3
that's if you want to believe the times story	warrior1	Oct 2012	#4
I'm inclined to believe the Times report and not Politico's nt	DonViejo	Oct 2012	#7
I've added the Associated Press and CNN's article/links to the OP :)	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	#19
I have to add	warrior1	Oct 2012	#5
This pisses me off, I had my hopes up all because of false reporting.	tarheelsunc	Oct 2012	#6
"last-chance opportunity to avoid war" my ass. Good lord, I'm giving up on all media	arcane1	Oct 2012	#8
I find it unlikely that there would have been one on one talks.	iandhr	Oct 2012	#9
I suspect they have agreed to discuss having a meeting.	DCBob	Oct 2012	#10
politico.......need i say more?	madrchsod	Oct 2012	#11
Okay, how about the AP? Would you believe them?	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	#12
And here's a link to CNN	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	#14
Oh well, the Repubs would have spread that it was false anyway.	wisteria	Oct 2012	#13
kick	Maine-ah	Oct 2012	#15
This will help Monday's debate, eh?	elleng	Oct 2012	#16
I'm hoping during the China discussion Mitt's 8.5M investment in Sensata will be brought up.	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	#17
I think I'll give this a day or two to shake out. We'll know more before the debate.	nolabear	Oct 2012	#18
Of course the White House will deny it	Botany	Oct 2012	#20
Could also be a leak from the GOP	justiceischeap	Oct 2012	#21
Kick! n/t	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	#22