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2013.
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Negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear program were "substantive and forward looking," according to a joint statement released by officials representing Tehran and six world powers after talks Oct. 15-16 in Geneva. Wendy Sherman, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs and the leader of the U.S. delegation, said in an Oct. 16 interview with CNN that the parties held a "detailed, substantive discussion with a candor" she had not heard during the past two years of negotiations with Iran. The new negotiating team appointed by recently elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met for the first time with representatives from China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, known collectively as the P5+1, to resume talks on reaching an agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear program. The parties had agreed to resume negotiations after they met in New York on Sept. 26 and Rouhani spoke on the phone with U.S. President Barack Obama on Sept. 27.
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