Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) started a new round of talks in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad on Wednesday, May 23.

Fars News Agency reports that the first round of talks started at Dar al-Ziafah compound in Baghdad's al-Khazra (Green) zone at 12:30pm local time.

Iran's chief negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili leads the Iranian side and EU foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton presides over the delegations of the six world powers.

The meeting will last for two days.

Jalili is accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian and Pacific Affairs Abbas Araqchi, SNSC Undersecretary Ali Baqeri, Foreign Ministry Advisor Hamid Reza Asgari and former Head of the Foreign Ministry's Office for the Political and International Studies Mostafa Dowlatyar.

The 5+1 members are represented at the talks by Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, Britain's former Ambassador to Iran Geoffrey Adams, Director-General for Political and Security Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Jacque Audibert and German Deputy Foreign Minister Hans-Dieter Lucas.