Iran announced on Monday that it had received a “request” from its arch-foe the US to hold a fourth round of talks on security in Iraq.
“We have received a new request from US officials through a formal note for holding talks on Iraq and we are looking into the issue,” foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.
He said that the note had been received through the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which looks after US interests in the Islamic republic in the absence of a US mission.
No talks between the two sides have been held so far this year amid continued tension over Iran’s role in its conflict-torn neighbour. An Iranian delegation travelled to Baghdad in March in expectation of a new round of talks that never took place.