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Kerry, Zarif meet at Iranian envoy's residence

The US secretary of state visits an Iranian diplomatic property in New York in a historic move related to the Iranian nuclear negotiations.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York April 27, 2015. REUTERS/Jason DeCrow/Pool - RTX1AJNA

In a historic move, US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the New York residence of the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on April 27, the first time in over two decades that the United States' top diplomat is known to have entered Iran diplomatic property — albeit one located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Kerry and Zarif, accompanied by their top negotiators, met at the Iranian UN envoy’s Park Avenue residence — which used to be Zarif’s home when he served as Iran’s UN envoy — in the afternoon, on the sidelines of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference that got underway the same day at the UN.

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