TEHRAN – Talks between Iran and the United States to resolve problems and decrease tension would serve the national interests, Islamic Revolution Mujahidin Organization (IRMO)spokesman Mohsen Armin said here on Sunday.

However, Armin told the Mehr News Agency that there is a little possibility that Iran and the U.S. hold direct talks. “None of the sides seem seriously decisive for talks.”

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has invited neighboring countries, including Syria and Iran, along with the United States and other world powers, to a security conference on March 10.

Armin suggested that the Iranian officials can condition participation in the Iraq conference on the release of the Iranian diplomats seized by the U.S. troops in Iraq.

U.S. troops stormed the Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on January 11 and arrested five diplomats.

MNA also sought the views of four other experts concerning the possibility of Tehran-Washington negotiations in Baghdad and Iran’s nuclear issue.

Islamic Coalition Party Deputy Secretary General Hamid-Reza Taraqi said the Baghdad conference can be a stepping stone for negotiations between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s nuclear row. Mojtaba Shakeri of the Islamic Revolution Devotees Society said, “I do not think that there will be talks between Iran and the U.S. during the Baghdad conference.”

Shakeri said the Islamic Republic has left behind nuclear crisis and the current pressures on Iran are mainly aimed at “weakening the Iranian self-esteem”. Etemad newspaper editor Elyas Hazrati stated that if Washington officially proposes to hold talks with Tehran “we should agree so that the present problems, which belong to us and the U.S., will be resolved.” The U.S. has entered Iran’s sphere of influence and has been trapped in quagmire due to its strategic mistakes in the Middle East, he said, adding, “It is facing severe problems and needs to cooperate with Iran to extricate itself.”