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after having agreed to freeze its ambitions to build nuclear weapons:
W.T.O. to Start Talks to Admit Iran
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Published: May 27, 2005
GENEVA, May 26 - The World Trade Organization announced Thursday that it would start talks to admit Iran as a member, a reward for Tehran's agreement to continue to freeze its nuclear activities.
The decision came after the United States, in a small but important conciliatory gesture, dropped its long-standing opposition to Iranian membership in the organization, which governs global trade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/international/middleeast/27iran.html
