West to hold back from targeting Iran at UN nuclear meeting

VIENNA (Reuters) - World powers will refrain from raising pressure on Iran at a U.N. nuclear meeting next week to give its new moderate president time to show he is serious about moves to reduce tensions over its atomic activity, Western diplomats say.

But they stressed that concrete progress is needed soon in the dispute: talks on September 27 between Iran and U.N. nuclear inspectors will be scrutinised for any sign that the new Iranian government will be more transparent and less confrontational as President Hassan Rouhani has pledged.