ROME (Reuters) - Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear programme, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday just hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.
The Rome talks, with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, will be the first since Saeed Jalili's appointment on Saturday which might signal that Tehran has hardened its line on the nuclear programme, analysts say.
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