Iran has decided to hold a conference to review the outcome of the US election and its implications for Tehran-Washington relations.

The Barack Obama's election: The future of Iran-US ties conference will offer assessments on the outcome of the US presidential elections and its impact on Washington-Tehran relations.

Iran's former ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad-Javad Zarif, will share his opinion about president-elect Barack Obama's Nov. 4 victory and his future foreign policy.

Obama's pledge to hold unconditional talks with the Islamic Republic has brought hope of a much-awaited 'change' in frozen Iran-US ties.

This is while former US intelligence officials said on Friday that the Bush administration had increased misunderstandings between Washington and Tehran, to an extent that Americans still thought of Iran as they did back in 1979 - when the two countries severed all diplomatic ties.

Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed to meet the US President George W. Bush during his visit to New York in September 2007.

"As I have previously announced, I am ready for direct talks with President Bush," President Ahmadinejad said on July 31.

US officials, however, rejected the offer, saying the White House would only engage in direct talks after Tehran halted its enrichment program.

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