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WTO clears Iran to start talks

GENEVA: Members of the World Trade Organization agreed on Thursday to allow Iran to open negotiations to join the Body that governs international commerce, trade officials said.

The U.S., which repeatedly had blocked Iran's long-held desire to join the WTO, raised no objections, the officials said. The global trading body, which at present has 148 members, takes such decisions by consensus.

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