(19 Jul 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Street scene
2. People in bazaar
3. Clothing store
4. TV in store showing Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili arriving in Geneva for talks on Saturday
5. Salesman watching news bulletin on Iranian TV
6. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Mehdi Takrimi, salesman:
"I was happy to hear that they (Iran and US envoys) have sat at the negotiating table without an intermediary. These negotiations will be advantageous for both nations."
7. People walking along street
8. Newspaper headline, reading (English) "Jalili Advises Americans to Avoid Repeating Past Mistakes"
9. Newspapers laid out for sale
10. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Hamid Derakhshan, Tehran resident:
"I think that after all those hostilities and problems between the two countries, it was great that they both sat at a table to negotiate and, God willing, they will settle the problems between them and will have a peaceful future."
11. People looking at headlines
12. Close-up of newspaper headline, reading (Farsi) "The West is Looking At Geneva Talks"
13. Wide of interview with Hassan Beheshtipour, political analyst
14. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Hassan Beheshtipour, political analyst:
"Probably these talks, which are negotiations for negotiations, meaning preparation of a plan for final talks, will reach a result because in the late days of Bush's presidency, Americans would like to suggest as an accomplishment that they have somehow solved Iran's issue. With this viewpoint, we can say that Americans are willing that these talks be really productive and not just talks for giving Iran a last chance. On the other hand, holding these talks indicates that the theories of those who wanted to fuel a war have come to failure or at least they have given up their previous policy."
15. Mid of interview
STORYLINE:
Some Tehran residents expressed optimism on Saturday about the outcome of talks in Geneva between Iran's nuclear negotiator and six world powers.
The meeting - with the US in attendance for the first time - had raised expectations of possible compromise on a formula under which Iran would agree to stop expanding its enrichment activities.
In exchange, the six powers - the five permanent United Nations Security Council members and Germany- would hold off on passing new UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Tehran resident Mehdi Takrimi told AP Television he was pleased that US Undersecretary of State William Burns was attending the talks - the first instance of the Americans attending such meetings.
"I was happy to hear that they (Iran and US envoys) have sat at the negotiating table without an intermediary. These negotiations will be advantageous for both nations," Takrimi said.
Another Tehran resident, Hamid Derakhshan, expressed a similar sentiment.
"I think that after all those hostilities and problems between the two countries, it was great that they both sat at a table to negotiate and, God willing, they will settle the problems between them and will have a peaceful future," he said.
But Tehran on Saturday ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment programme, casting doubt over the value of the talks.
A member of the Iranian delegation, Keyvan Imani, appeared to indicate that Tehran was not prepared to budge on enrichment - at least going into the meeting.
There also appeared to be little progress inside the talks.
A Western diplomat in Geneva familiar with their substance said the Iranians were focusing on "the second or third step" of substantial negotiations without addressing what the six powers say is a prerequisite for such talks to happen - a freeze of their enrichment programme.
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