Friday, November 19, 2004

Bush Confronts New Challenge on Issue of Iran - NY Times

Iran is finally getting the attention of the US administration it deserves. A few excerpts:
At the moment, administration officials say there are no prominent members of Mr. Bush's inner circle enthusiastic about the European approach of negotiating with Iran...

American contacts with Iran were cut off last May, when Iran was linked to groups that carried out bombings in Saudi Arabia. ...

[m]any in the administration say that Iran is not likely to enter into talks with the United States, as the Europeans want, because the revolutionary clerics who control the government are unalterably opposed to engaging with a country it considers the enemy.

"You can't call yourself a revolutionary regime and also negotiate with the Great Satan," said an administration official. more

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