Six Powers Consider The Possibility Of Nuclear Negotiations With Iran

The six countries looking to curb Iran's plans to go nuclear will meet on Wednesday to assess the UN's latest sanctions against Iran and contemplate its offer to enter dialogue.

The meeting between five permanent members of the UN Security Council- the US, China, Britain, France and Russia- and Germany in New York comes as Tehran agreed to talk over its nuclear program.

The talks will involve Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, and foreign secretaries from P5-Plus-1. The US has urged hard for enforcement of sanctions against Iran, but has also been willing to discuss Tehran's nuclear program along with other issues.

Washington believes that sanctions are hard-hitting, pressurizing Iran to opt for negotiations. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who currently is in New York for the meeting of the UN General Assembly, said that Iran is prepared to resume negotiations with Western powers over its nuclear program.

The six countries had a meeting with Iranian officials in October of 2009 in Geneva and a nuclear fuel swap deal was signed, which was meant to build trust as Tehran was urged by international powers to cease uranium enrichment. But the deal was later brought to a standstill and the UN Security Council imposed fresh sanctions against Iran, which in response decided to suspend negotiations until September.

The Islamic Republic says that its nuclear program is peaceful and for civilian purposes, but world powers widely believe that it is planning to build nuclear weapons.