TEHRAN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Iraqi officials have proposed holding the next round of talks between the United States and Iran to discuss security in Iraq in January and Tehran is studying the idea, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

"We have received a number of suggestions and recommendations from the Iraqi officials and they are proposing next January as the time for the next round of discussions," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a news conference broadcast on Iran's English-language Press TV.

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