Al Monitor - 9/26/13, Barbara Slavin

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) are seated during a meeting of the foreign ministers representing the P5+1, at UN Headquarters in New York, Sept. 26, 2013 (photo by REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

NEW YORK — The United States and Iran made diplomatic history Thursday as Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talked for a half hour on the sidelines of a multilateral meeting on Iran’s nuclear program.