Rice sees no U.S.-Iran talks on Iraq soon

Reuters: The United States does not plan fresh U.S.-Iranian talks on how to stabilize Iraq any time soon but will leave open the possibility for such discussions, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday. NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States does not plan fresh U.S.-Iranian talks on how to stabilize Iraq any time soon but will leave open the possibility for such discussions, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday.

“I am saying I think we leave that channel open but I don’t see that we are going to pursue it imminently,” Rice told Reuters in an interview, referring to talks between the U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq that focus on how to bring greater stability to Iraq.