Iran says powers’ first reaction to Tehran’s proposals is good

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that the world powers had a "good" first reaction to Tehran's proposals to the Geneva conference for easing the stand-off over its nuclear program and that details would be discussed in the afternoon. He said after making a PowerPoint presentation at the start of a two-day meeting that the atmosphere in the discussions had been "positive". The Iranian minister gave no details of the proposals, describing them as "confidential