Talks with US possible soon

Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said talks with the United States are possible in the near future, according the country's official news agency. But he said that such talks would not happen at governmental level.

Tension has grown recently amid Iranian missile tests and speculation over a possible Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

The US cut ties with Iran after the 1979 revolution and the seizure of 63 people at the US embassy in Tehran.

There have been very few official contacts between the two states since, though the two countries held three rounds of talks in 2007 over Iraq.

"It is possible that in the near future talks in different fields will take place with the United States," Mr Ahmadinejad said in comments.

-BBC