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Team Turk on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:07:15 PM
From United Press International:
Iran says it is ready to consider any offer to talk to the United States but indicated the talks cannot be on U.S. effort to end Iran's nuclear program.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, responding to reports that some U.S. and Iraqi officials have suggested that Tehran and Washington hold talks on regional developments, said, "If we receive any formal offer in this regard, we will consider it."
But he went on to say, "Iran's stance on bilateral relations has not changed," reports the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
Hosseini also rejected as unfounded U.S. claims that Iran, Syria and Hezbollah are working to topple the Lebanese government.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran supports independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon," he said. "It is the right of the Lebanese people to make decisions on their own national affairs. Non-interference of the United States in the region and terminating its unconditional support for the aggressions of the Zionist regime are the only solution to restore stability in the region."