White House denies US, Iran to hold one-on-one talks

National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor Sunday denied the New York Times report that the US and Iran had agreed to hold one-on-one talks on Tehran’s nuclear program before the US election. DEBKAfile:  The NYT would not have run with this story without authoritative White House confirmation. The quick denial was necessary because Obama was shown not only to have misled Israel but also his five fellow world powers which had been holding talks with Iran.