DUBAI (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday the foreign ministry would take over talks with world powers on Iran's contested nuclear programme, an apparent move to smooth the diplomatic process after years of control by conservative hardliners.
Since 2007, sporadic negotiations have been conducted by Saeed Jalili, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war who was seen by Western interlocutors as an uncompromising ideologue.
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