U.S., Iran Again Discuss Islamic State

LOS ANGELES TIMES

BY PAUL RICHTER

Despite their repeated insistence that they are not cooperating in Iraq, U.S. and Iranian officials again discussed the militant group Islamic State during a high-level meeting last week, the State Department disclosed Tuesday.

Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns discussed the issue with Iranian officials "briefly, on the margins" of a meeting that was held last Thursday and Friday in Geneva to discuss the international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

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