U.S. top Iran negotiator updates Peres on latest talks

TEHRAN,March 2(MNA) – A senior American diplomat involved in talks with Iran met on Thursday with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem a day after world power’s nuclear talks with Iran ended in Kazakhstan, the Times of Israel reported. Wendy Sherman, the under secretary of state for political affairs and the top American negotiator with Iran over its nuclear program, headed the American delegation at this week’s Almaty talks before flying to Israel. Washington’s top negotiator with Iran and Israel’s president discussed the Almaty talks and the next round of negotiations with Iran. The talks in Kazakhstan ended on Wednesday, with world powers offering broader concessions than ever to Iran in attempts to keep alive diplomatic channels that seek to resolve the dispute over the country’s nuclear program. Iranian top negotiator Saeed Jalili said the offer represented a “turning point” by world powers to compromise on Tehran’s uranium-enrichment program after years of delicate negotiations that nearly dissolved last June. The P5+1 and Iran will reconvene for another round of negotiations in Almaty in April. Sherman also paid Israel a visit last May, a day after a nuclear summit in Baghdad between the P5+1 and Iran failed to yield tangible results.