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QUESTION: On Iran, the meetings today in Geneva, do you have any kind of readout of what specifically and substantively was discussed during the meeting? The meetings were described as substantive in Ashton's statement, but you didn't go into actually whether this offer was put forth, how it was received.

MR. CROWLEY: Which offer is that, Kirit?

QUESTION: This is the nuclear fuel swap-off for the TRR, updated TRR offer.

MR. CROWLEY: Mm-hmm.

QUESTION: The Iranians afterwards did say that in this next round of talks they do not plan to discuss the nuclear - their nuclear - halting their nuclear emission program. Is that your understanding of what they agreed to for the next round of talks, and what is your reaction?

MR. CROWLEY: Well, about 75 percent of the meetings yesterday and today were on the nuclear issue. It is something that remains forefront among our concerns. We look forward to another meeting in January, and we will continue our discussion on this and other topics. The TRR issue was discussed during the course of the meeting, and we'll continue to explore this as we go forward.

QUESTION: Was there any other offer, since you asked me which offer? I mean, you asked me which offer I was referring to - I had assumed there was one. Is there another one? (Laughter.) Is there another one?

MR. CROWLEY: No.

QUESTION: Also on the meetings, did Ambassador Burns have a chance to pull aside his Iranian counterpart for any discussion?

MR. CROWLEY: My understanding is that we had a couple of opportunities for brief, informal discussions with the Iranian delegation.

QUESTION: Can you say what was discussed during those?

MR. CROWLEY: I can't.

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QUESTION: Back to - back on Iran. The meeting in January is going to take place in Turkey. Is that a goodwill gesture towards Iran, since that was the other choice?

MR. CROWLEY: We had indicated a willingness to - well, let's back up. First of all, we hope that this will be the start of a serious process for a discussion between Iran and representatives of the P-5+1. We're encouraged that there will be a follow-on meeting. As we signaled before this first meeting, we were open to have multiple meetings in multiple locations, and certainly the decision to meet next month in Istanbul is a reflection of that.

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