Iran Says It Is Ready to Restart Nuke Talks
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oct. 26: The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. (AP)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has notified the European Union it is willing to restart talks about its nuclear program after Nov. 10.
State media report that Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in a letter Friday to the EU's foreign policy chief that Iran is ready to hold talks "in a place and on a date convenient to both sides."
The negotiations between Iran and a group of six nations that includes the United States foundered a year ago over a deal meant to ensure Iran could only use its stockpile of enriched uranium for fueling nuclear power stations and not for building bombs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In Brussels, the EU confirmed it had received the letter. EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton called the offer "a very important" development.