Iran-US talks today

it reported.

The ambassador-level talks will include Iranian security chief Muwaffaq al-Rubaii, IRNA said. It did not provide further details.

The Baghdad talks, which both sides say will focus solely on Iraq, are the first of their kind and a small sign that Washington thinks rapprochement is possible after nearly three decades of animosity.

There is great distrust between the two nations, which are now in dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. The US also accuses Iran of arming and training Shiite militias in Iraq, which Iran denies. Iran says the presence of US troops has stoked the insurgency.