Official: US Envoy To Meet Iranian Nuke Negotiator

Iran's top nuclear negotiator and head of Iran's Supreme Council of National Security Saeed Jalili (right) is seen here with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana during their meeting in Tehran on June 14. Iran confirmed that Jalili and Solana would hold talks on ending the atomic standoff on July 19 in Geneva, according to the official IRNA news agency.

From Yahoo News/AP:

WASHINGTON - In a break with past Bush administration policy, a top U.S. diplomat will for the first time join colleagues from other world powers at a meeting with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, The Associated Press has learned.

William Burns, America's third highest-ranking diplomat, will attend talks with the Iranian envoy, Saeed Jalili, in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at persuading Iran to halt activities that could lead to the development of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. official told the AP on Tuesday.

Official contacts between Iran and the United States are extremely rare and although Washington is part of a six-nation effort to get Iran to stop enriching and reprocessing uranium, the administration has shunned contacts with Tehran on the matter.

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More News On Saturday's Meeting Of U.S. And Iranian Negotiators

American Envoy To Join Iran Talks -- Washington Post
Official: US envoy to meet Iranian nuke negotiator -- AP
Iranian President Offers Warm Words and Warning to US -- Voice Of America
Spokesman: Iran ready to negotiate with U.S. -- China View
Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: 'One Can't Push us Around' -- Der Spiegel
Iran 'will welcome US talks' -- News24
US official to attend Iran talks -- BBC
U.S. Diplomat To Meet Iran Nuke Negotiator -- CBS News
U.S. diplomat will talk nukes with Iran -- CNN
U.S. envoy to join meeting with Iranian -- International Herald Tribune
U.S. envoy to meet with Iran nuke negotiator -- MSNBC
U.S. Envoy to Join Meeting With Iranian -- New York Times
Iran denies oil market rumour of nuclear deal -- Reuters

My Comment: The international press is going crazy with saturday's meeting between Iranian and U.S. diplomats. Unfortunately, Iran's Supreme Religious leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) has made it very clear that they will not suspend their nuclear program.

The Ayatollah has always spoke his mind and has never deviated from his intentions. Because he has always been a man of his word, I do not expect any change in the Iranian position.

Saturday's meeting will be a picture perfect moment in which everyone will be smiling, but nothing will be decided upon. Diplomats love the procedure, but what we need now are leaders who demand substance.

I do not see any leaders from the West at this moment in time.