ARTICLE: U.S. Opens Door To Bilateral Talks With Iranians, By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, October 1, 2009

To me, it doesn't get much more obvious than this:

The chief Iranian negotiator being dispatched to Geneva, Saeed Jalili, is expected to press for acceptance of an Iranian proposal that would move beyond the nuclear issue and launch talks on a broad range of areas, including Afghanistan and reform of the United Nations. Whereas U.S. officials want to narrow the discussion to nuclear weapons, the Iranians want to broaden the topics on the table in order to test areas of cooperation with the United States.

We'll see how brave Obama wants to be.