Iran denies sending message to USA through Maliki over Iranian nuclear program

(IraqiNews.com) Iran denied the news over asking the Iraqi Premier, Nouri al-Maliki’s to send a message to the USA to inform them about Iran’s willingness to hold talks about the nuclear energy file with the USA.

New York Times Newspaper had reported western officials as saying “Maliki told the US Ambassador to Iraq, early this month, that Iran asked him to convey a message about their intention to hold talks with the USA concerning the nuclear energy file,” stressing “the Iranian President, Hassan Rawhani is earnest with regard to any talks with the USA.”

The semi-official Iranian ISNA News Agency quoted the Ambassador of Iran to Iraq, Hassan Danaye Far as saying “This news is groundless, denying what was reported by the US newspaper about Maliki’s conveying a message to the US administration over Iran’s eagerness to make talks with the USA concerning the peaceful nuclear energy file.”

“The Iraqi officials are interested in facilitating Iran’s relations with other countries, but the news which talked about sending a message to the USA through the Iraqi Premier are unfounded,” the Iranian Ambassador pointed out.