Obama Administration and Iran on Cordial Meeting in Hague

"I think, the fact they came here today, they intervened today, is a promising sign that there will be future cooperation," Clinton said, according to Voanews.com.

She added that U.S. special representative Richard Holbrooke and Iran's deputy foreign minister Mehdi Akhundzadeh agreed to stay in touch after a brief and cordial meeting at the international conference on Afghan security and development. - AHN Story

In a cautious first step toward unlocking 30 years of tense relations, senior U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a brief but cordial meeting with Iran's deputy foreign minister Tuesday at an international conference on Afghanistan. - WCCO (AP) Story

Top U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a brief but cordial meeting with Iran's deputy foreign minister yesterday at an international conference on Afghanistan, marking another step in unlocking 30 years of tense relations. The meeting between Holbrooke, Washington's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Iran's Mehdi Akhundzadeh came on the sidelines of a meeting where Iran pledged to help the reconstruction of its neighbour but criticized U.S. plans to send more troops into Afghanistan - The Star Story

That is the story that the Obama Administration told to the Press and was reported by countless papers and news agencies.

Now for the Iranian side of this story.

Iran dismissed American government reports that senior U.S. and Iran envoys had a cordial — and promising — face-to-face exchange at an international conference, saying Wednesday that no "talks" took place. The competing accounts of Tuesday's encounter in the Netherlands appeared to reflect the different approaches to overtures to end the United States' and Iran's nearly 30-year diplomat standoff.

Washington has seemed eager to build on President Barack Obama's surprise video message last month to seek engagement with Iran's ruling clerics. Iran has — in public, at least — been far cooler to making immediate contacts, but has not fully rejected some openings in the future. - ABC News Story