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Why Bush is taking a more diplomatic approach on Iran - -

By Howard La Franchi

from the September 21, 2006 edition

AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized US policies in Iraq and Lebanon in his speech Tuesday.
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Why Bush is taking a more diplomatic approach on Iran

By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. � With prospects fading for tough economic sanctions against Iran anytime soon, the United States is shifting its stance even more solidly toward a diplomatic solution to Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

President Bush is sounding more conciliatory, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is approving more leeway for the Europeans to pursue talks with the Iranians - and everyone is insisting the aim is to allow Tehran the peaceful nuclear-power program it says is its only goal.

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