Iran, NATO hold first talks in 30 years: official

An Iranian diplomat and a NATO official have held "informal talks" at alliance headquarters in Brussels in the first such meeting in 30 years, NATO officials confirmed Thursday."There were exploratory contacts recently. Nothing of substance was discussed. It was a first informal contact between an Iranian diplomat and a representative of the secretary general," one official said.A second NATO official said the visit last week by the diplomat, who was not identified, was the first "since the regime of the Shah" of Iran, which collapsed in 1979.