U.S. and Iran have held talks through "alternative channels" to hold a bilateral summit

U.S. and Iran have held talks through "alternative channels" to hold a bilateral summit on the Iranian nuclear program, according to U.S. officials finalized the U.S. network NBC. The White House has come out against the sole of the newspaper The New York Times that uncovers an agreement between Washington and Tehran to hold direct talks on the Iranian nuclear program. A spokesman has denied it, but has hinted the disposal of the administration of Barack Obama to "meet bilaterally" with the Iranian regime. A U.S. government source said the NBC Saturday that the U.S. and Iran have held "conversations" through "alternative channels" to arrange a bilateral meeting, but has not yet agreed to any. This move would have been powered by Tehran's refusal to meet again with the 5 +1 group - comprising the five permanent members of the Security Council of the UN and Germany - in the framework of the United Nations General Assembly . This source has stressed that Iran is knowing the position of the Obama Administration, which makes any agreement to the cancellation of its nuclear program. Relations between the United States and Iran remain formally broken since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.