FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Japan on Dec. 20-21 and meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as the Asian country, a U.S. ally, looks to resolve Tehran's nuclear impasse with Washington.
Japan maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously tried to ease tensions between the two countries, which severed diplomatic relations after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the U.S.-backed Shah.
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