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A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Iran confirms indirect talks with United States

Washington and Tehran have long been sharply at odds with tensions centred on  Iran's contested nuclear programme and heightened by the Gaza war between their respective allies Israel and Hamas.