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Kerry holds Iran talks with Iran FM

/ 07:58 AM October 03, 2015

John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu

Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in New York, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. AP

UNITED NATIONS, United States—US Secretary of State John Kerry held an impromptu meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Friday to discuss steps to implement the Iran nuclear deal.

The meeting was scheduled at the last minute after a week of intense diplomacy on the Syria crisis.

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US officials did not provide details, saying only that the talks focused on implementing the historic deal reached in July to curb Iran’s nuclear program.

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