TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday (Nov 18) it hoped talks on its nuclear programme would be conducted "away from political pressure and considerations" ahead of a UN nuclear agency board meeting this week. "All our efforts and our emphasis in our talks were to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to do its technical work away from the destructive and evil pressures of some parties," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters in his weekly press conference. Agency chief