BAGHDAD, July 22 (UPI) -- The United States and Iran will meet this week for a second round of talks on Iraq, even as U.S. officials say Iranians are worsening the situation in Iraq.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday the United States and Iraq will meet Tuesday, and U.S. Embassy officials in Baghdad confirmed the date, The Washington Post reported.
The U.S. military said Sunday it had detained two people in connection with alleged weapons smuggling, the Post said.
The U.S. military said the two were arrested Sunday east of Baghdad near the Iranian border, in a pre-dawn raid that also turned up armor-piercing roadside bombs the suspects were allegedly smuggling into Iraq.
"The suspects may be associated with a network of terrorists that have been smuggling Explosively Formed Projectiles, other weapons, personnel and money from Iran into Iraq," the U.S. said in a statement.
The United States and Iran held talks May 28 -- their first direct talks since 1980. Tensions have mounted since the May session, as Washington and Tehran exchange accusations about their roles in the deteriorating security in the region, the newspaper said.
