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October 5, 2008

Rice Says Diplomatic Relations with Iran Still Being Considered
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the idea of setting up a
diplomatic mission in Iran 'interesting' 
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a press
conference in New Delhi, India, 04 Oct 2008U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration is still considering
setting up a diplomatic mission in Iran. Rice refuted an Associated
Press report that the administration had decided to hand the issue to
its successor. She told reporters that Washington continues to look at
the idea. On a flight from India to Kazakhstan for talks on other
matters, Rice called the idea interesting. She did not comment further.
The United States and Iran are at odds over the Middle East country's
nuclear program. Iran has ignored U.N. resolutions demanding that it
stop uranium enrichment. U.S. and European governments fear that Iran is
trying to build a nuclear bomb. Tehran denies that and says it wants
only to produce low-grade fuel for nuclear energy. The same enrichment
process also could be used to produce highly enriched uranium for
nuclear weapons. Some information for this report was provided by AFP
and Reuters.


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