John Kerry and Iran 's foreign minister have a quick bilateral discussion . ` The supreme leader , I can tell you , has given permission for my government to freely negotiate on these issues , '' he said in the interview . FM John Kerry says `` satisfied with this first step '' ` ` There 's a lot of work to be done , '' says the Iran Secretary of the United Nations . The U.S. and Iran have had no high-level face-to-face contact since the 1979 revolution .
John Kerry and Iran 's foreign minister have a quick bilateral discussion . FM John Kerry says `` satisfied with this first step '' `` There 's a lot of work to be done , '' says the Iran Secretary of the United Nations . The U.S. and Iran have had no high-level face-to-face contact since the 1979 revolution .