A young boy stands behind a flag as he and his mother, supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wait for his arrival at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport May 5, 2010, after his trip to attend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at United Nations Headquarters in New York.[/caption](Reuters) - World powers andIranwill "very likely" resume negotiations on the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions in February, shortly after an interim, six-month deal restricting its atomic work goes into effect, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Monday.
The goal of the new round talks is to find a broad settlement in the decade-old dispute over Iran's nuclear program. The aim is to defuse the risk of mistrust leading to deeper tensions or even conflict in the Middle East.
The diplomatic source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the first meeting betweenIranand six powers - the United States,Russia,China,France, Britain andGermany- would include Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
By Reuters
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