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AFP, Tehran

Iran said on Tuesday it has agreed to a new round of talks with United States on improving security in Iraq, despite mounting tensions between the two arch-foes over the Iranian nuclear drive.

The announcement comes after the United States said Iran has stemmed the flow of weapons and militants across the border, amid declining violence in its conflict-torn western neighbour.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Washington had made an offer for the new talks via the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which looks after US interests in Iran in the absence of a US mission.