Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks at the Asia Society in New York on Thursday. (Photo: Seth Wenig / AP)U.S. Shelves Diplomatic Plans For Iran -- MSNBC/AP
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press has learned.
The proposal to send U.S. diplomats to Tehran for the first time in three decades attracted great attention when it was first floated seriously over the summer but has now been placed on indefinite hold as November's election nears and Iran continues to defy demands to halt suspect nuclear activities, officials told the AP.
Two administration officials familiar with the matter spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations on the sensitive subject.
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My Comment: Iran is an issue for the next President. This is the right move from the U.S. Administration.
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Read the press release from State from June 23, 2006 encouraging applications for this kind of work:
Iran Sanctions and Activities of Privately Funded Actors in Iran
Department of State Establishes Policy to Encourage Non-Governmental Organizations to Apply for an Office of Foreign Assets Control License to Work in Iran
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/69445.htm
It's hardly surprising that such applications are approved, but it is surprising that AIC would make so much noise about it. They're hardly the first to get such a license. Now that they have made so much noise let's see what the reaction is in Tehran from the Ayatollahs.
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