Official says Iran open to U.S. mission

upi.com     Jul 25, 2008            

TEHRAN, July 25 (UPI) -- Iranian officials would be opened to the United States opening a diplomatic office in Tehran, Iranian Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezai said. Rezai said Iranians and Americans have mutual interests and a U.S diplomatic presence in Iran would have a positive outcome, KUNA, the Kuwaiti news agency, reported Friday. U.S. officials reportedly are investigating the possibility of opening a U.S. special interests section, a move that would help establish a full embassy and a diplomatic corps in Iran. Former Foreign Secretary Tanvir Ahmed Khan of Pakistan said while Western countries were trying to develop a relationship with Iran, they weren't ready for high-level talks, reported IRNA, the official Iranian news agency. Khan said developments, such as a top U.S. State Department official attending... [read full story]                    

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