U.S. holds out North Korea deal as model for Iran
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The United States on Tuesday held  out as a model for Iran a deal under which North Korea will  take steps toward giving up nuclear arms, and analysts said it  might bolster Iranians who favor talks with the West.
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North Korea has set tough terms for a freeze of one of its nuclear facilities, demanding that the United States exceed commitments made under a Clinton-era deal that the Bush administration previously derided as inadequate.
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The Bush administration will keep using diplomacy to try to end Iran's drive for nuclear weapons, but there is no sign yet that Iran &#151; or North Korea &#151; has decided to follow Libya's lead and abandon its dangerous goal, a senior Bush administration official said Tuesday.
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29 November 2004 -- The United States says it retains the option of reporting Iran to the United Nations Security Council despite today&#39;s agreement by Tehran to freeze its uranium-enrichment activities.
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North Korea said on Saturday it will not abandon its nuclear programmes until the United States gives up what Pyongyang regards as a "hostile" policy toward it and drops financial restrictions imposed last year.
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The United States is prepared to join other nations in holding direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program if Iran first agrees to stop disputed nuclear activities that the West fears could lead to a bomb, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.
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Negotiators reached a draft agreement today on a deal to begin disarming North Koreaâs nuclear weapons program, the chief American negotiator said. The deal is now being reviewed by the governments of the six nations in the talks.
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The six-nation deal to shut down North Korea's nuclear facility, four months after Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test, was reached yesterday largely because President Bush was willing to give U.S. negotiators new flexibility to reach an agreement, U.S. officials and Asian diplomats said...
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SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Saturday that it was &quot;quite possible&quot; to settle the international standoff over its nuclear weapons program if the United States allows for the existence of the communist regime.
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The United States says it has shown &quot;the spirit of compromise&quot; by dropping an ultimatum on Iran&#39;s alleged nuclear weapons program from a proposed resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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North Korea agreed on Tuesday to take steps toward nuclear disarmament in exchange for $300 million in aid under a deal President George W. Bush hailed as the best chance to get it to scrap its atomic weapons program.
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The White House tried to convince  conservatives, including a top aide, on Thursday that a  breakthrough deal with North Korea would not free Pyongyang  from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism anytime soon.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is willing to hold limited face-to-face talks with North Korea and will continue to help feed the country, but will not sweeten a proposed trade of economic concessions for a halt in development of nuclear weapons, the US ambassador to South Korea said yesterday.
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North Korea and the United States appeared closer to a deal today that could, within weeks, start the process of shutting down the Northâs nuclear weapons program.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed cautious optimism Thursday that North Korea would stick to a deal to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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The United States hailed a landmark deal to rein in North Korea's nuclear programme as an example for Iran, as key powers warned Wednesday of a long road ahead to implement the accord.
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After months of mixed signals, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says his country has nuclear weapons. Here's how the U.S. hopes to persuade him to give them up