Hope for progress after US, Iran hold first shuttle talks in months

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US and Iran held first shuttle talks in months during the UN General Assembly, raising hopes for progress towards ending the Middle East conflict. Key diplomats communicated through mediators without announcing changes in stance.

DUBAI/UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months raised hopes on Wednesday that the adversaries could make some progress towards ending the Middle East war, although neither side spelled out any change in their positions. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner communicated through mediators on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the first such contacts since an interim ceasefire agreement collapsed in July.