Iran, 5+1 group may resume talks

TEHRAN, Jan.1 (MNA) – Iran and the 5+1 group (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany) may resume their negotiations soon, according to a number of Iranian and EU officials. The European Union is open to meaningful talks with Tehran, provided there are no preconditions on the Iranian side, an EU foreign policy spokesman said on Saturday, Reuters reported. “We continue to pursue our twin-track approach and are open for meaningful discussions on confidence-building measures, without preconditions from the Iranian side,” EU foreign policy spokesman Michael Mann said in an email. He added that EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton wrote to the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, in October but has not yet received a response.