Bush deflects notion of Iraq civil war, Iran talks
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President Bush deflected talk of civil war in Iraq on Tuesday and said Washington's conditions for talking to Iran remained unchanged -- Tehran must first suspend nuclear fuel enrichment.
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The United States and Iran will hold a second round of critical talks on the future of Iraq in the next 10 days, possibly as early as Saturday, according to U.S. and Middle Eastern officials. The initiative comes despite mounting tensions between the two nations on such issues as Iran's nuclear...
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BAGHDAD, July 22 -- The United States and Iran will hold a second round of direct talks to discuss Iraq's worsening security situation as early as Tuesday, even as U.S. military commanders continue to accuse Iranian operatives of fomenting the instability.
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US President George W Bush says Iran and Syria should not interfere in Iraq in advance of January's elections.
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The US President George W. Bush has warned each of Iran and Syria from the consequences of interfering in the Iraqi affairs, saying that such an interference will not be in their interests.
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President Bush defended the Iraq  war before skeptical world leaders on Tuesday, called on them  to help Iraq develop into a democracy and vowed not to retreat  against an insurgency that threatens more violence in the  country.
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Iran's hard-line president, who has berated the United States and refused to compromise on his nuclear program, is now softening his tone, saying Monday he wants dialogue rather than confrontation in Iraq. Tehran also denied it gave sophisticated weapons to militants to attack U.S. forces.
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AMMAN -- President Bush began consultations today with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on how to halt the deterioration of security in his country, after their scheduled opening meeting was abruptly canceled last night following political turmoil in Baghdad and disclosure of US doubts about Maliki's capabilities.
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A U.S. briefer overstates Iran's meddling in Iraq, setting off a Washington tempest .
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President Bush said today he has no intention of sending U.S. forces into Iran, but he vowed to "respond firmly" if Iran steps up a campaign that the United States charges is aimed at killing U.S. troops and derailing democracy in Iraq.
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The Bush administration cautioned Iran on Wednesday against trying to influence the outcome of Iraq's election, reacting to fears that Tehran is trying to produce a Shiite-dominated Islamic government in Baghdad.
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Iran rejected on Wednesday U.S. accusations it was fomenting instability in Iraq, a day after President George W. Bush said Tehran's atomic ambitions could put the Middle East "under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust."
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U.S. President George W. Bush will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week amid rising sectarian violence in Iraq and after Iran-Iraq summit in Tehran.
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Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.
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The United States does not plan fresh U.S.-Iranian talks on how to stabilize Iraq any time soon but will leave open the possibility for such discussions, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday.
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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait  - President George W. Bush held talks with the top U.S. officials in Iraq on Saturday at a base in Kuwait, during a Gulf tour he hopes will aid the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and contain Iran.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is scheduled to fly to Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Pressure is growing on Iraq's government and the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to look beyond the country's borders to bring an end to the ongoing violence.