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U.S. dismisses letter from Iran

NEW YORK (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed a letter that Iran's president sent to President George W. Bush on May 8, saying it does not help resolve the standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator called the surprise letter a new "diplomatic opening" between the two countries, but Rice said it was not.

"This letter is not the place that one would find an opening to engage on the nuclear issue," she said. "It isn't addressing the issues that we're dealing with in a concrete way."

Rice's comments were the most detailed response from the United States to the letter, the first from an Iranian head of state to an American president since the 1979 hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

In the letter, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the United States over a host of issues ranging from the invasion of Iraq to its support for Israel.

It made only an oblique reference to Iran's intentions, asking why "any technological and scientific achievement reached in the Middle East region is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime."

Rice made it clear that the United States would not change its tack on Iran as a result of the letter.

Shukan ST: May 19, 2006

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World News U.S. dismisses letter from Iran NEW YORK (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed a letter that Iran's president sent to President George W. Bush on May 8, saying it does not help resolve the standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear program. Iran's top nuclear negotiator called the surprise letter a new "diplomatic opening" between the two countries, but Rice said it was not. "This letter is not the place that one would find an opening to engage on the nuclear issue," she said. "It isn't addressing the issues that we're dealing with in a concrete way." Rice's comments were the most detailed response from the United States to the letter, the first from an Iranian head of state to an American president since the 1979 hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. In the letter, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the United States over a host of issues ranging from the invasion of Iraq to its support for Israel. It made only an oblique reference to Iran's intentions, asking why "any technological and scientific achievement reached in the Middle East region is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime." Rice made it clear that the United States would not change its tack on Iran as a result of the letter. Shukan ST: May 19, 2006 (C) All rights reserved