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US officials 'to visit Tehran' | BBC

Last Updated: Saturday, 31 January, 2004, 00:50 GMT

US officials 'to visit Tehran'

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US congressional aides are to visit Iran next month in a bid to improve relations, an American senator says.

Senator Arlen Specter said the trip was arranged during a meeting with Iran's ambassador the UN on Wednesday.

He said Iran was "skittish" about formal government-to-government talks but would accept a staff delegation.

If the visit goes ahead it is thought to be the first by US officials since Washington and Tehran severed ties after the 1979 Iranian revolution.

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