Iran and EU reps to establish contact over nuclear talks

Representatives of Iran and the European Union are scheduled to hold a telephone conversation in the next few days about the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, Mehrnews reported.

Ali Baqeri, the deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), made the announcement during a speech at the University of Tehran on Monday.

"Today, the office of Ms. Helga Schmid contacted me to arrange a telephone conversation with me, and we are scheduled to hold a telephone conversation today or tomorrow," he stated.

Baqeri is the deputy of SNSC Secretary Saeed Jalili, who is Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, and Helga Schmid is the deputy secretary general for political affairs of the European External Action Service.

Schmid is regarded as the deputy of European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) in nuclear negotiations with Iran.

The latest round of high-level talks between Iran and the six major powers was held in Moscow on June 18-19.