Iran-US envoys to hold talks on Iraq

Tehran: Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks on Monday over the issue of Iraqi security, an Iranian newspaper on Sunday quoted an unnamed official as saying.

Tehran and Washington held a first round of direct talks on Iraq's stability in Baghdad on May 28. Iranian and Iraqi officials had said that a second round of talks between the two arch enemies would take place soon, without specifying a date.

"After a series of ups and downs, Iran and America's ambassadors will hold talks about Iraq on Monday in Baghdad," the Hamshahri newspaper said.

The May meeting was the most high-profile meeting of the two arch enemies in almost three decades. Iran and the United States cut diplomatic ties shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.

Asked about the newspaper report, Iran's government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham said: "I cannot point out a date ... Everyone will be informed when the talks start."

Iran's Foreign Ministry also said the date of second round of talks "was not clear yet".

"Iran has accepted this request (of the Iraqi government) to resolve the Iraqi nation's problems," Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a weekly news conference.