MUNICH (Reuters) – The United States is ready to hold direct talks with Iran if it is serious about negotiations, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday, backing bilateral contacts that many see as crucial to easing an international dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Biden said Iran – which says it is enriching uranium for peaceful energy only – now faced “the most robust sanctions in history” meant to ensure it does not use its programme to develop nuclear weapons.

“But we have also made clear that Iran’s leaders need not sentence their people to economic deprivation and international isolation,” Biden said. “There is still time, there is still space for diplomacy backed by pressure to succeed. The ball is in the government of Iran’s court.”

To date, fitful talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have been between Tehran and the EU’s top diplomat representing six world powers including Washington. But analysts have suggested that with his re-election behind him, President Barack Obama might have more leeway to take on direct negotiations with Iran.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-iran-nuclear-idUSBRE91107720130202

You see how smart Obama's team is. They got the Regime on the rope and are now playing with it, like a cat messing with a trapped mouse.

"You want to talk, sure let's talk, you want to talk in Moscow, or Istanbul, or Cairo, or Baghdad? Sure, wherever you want. You want to talk by the pool, how about in the Jaccuzzi? Sure fine"!

In a way, this is such a mis-match of wits that it isn't even fair!