There’s a lot of intrigue and not many details about Thursday’s meeting of Iran, France, Germany, the UK, Russia, China and the United States. In the last week, the existence of a secret Iranian nuclear facility has been disclosed, and Iran has test-fired a number of missiles — some that could reach Europe and Israel. And tomorrow, Iran will sit down to talk with several major powers to talk about it.Let’s start with what we know. EU High Representative Javier Solana and Saed Jalili, “the Iranian chief negotiator for nuclear questions,” are the respective leads for each side. The American delegation will be led by William Burns, the under secretary of state for political affairs. Russia is sending deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov.
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