Five ex-secretaries of state urge talks with Iran

September 15, 2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) - Five former secretaries of state, gathering to give their best advice to the next president, agreed Monday that the United States should talk to Iran.


The wide-ranging, 90-minute session in a packed auditorium at The George Washington University, produced exceptional unity among Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Warren Christopher, Henry A. Kissinger and James A. Baker III. More >>>

Ahmadinejad says Iran `serious' in nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Iran —Sunday August 3, 2008 - Iran's president says diplomacy is the only way out of his country's nuclear standoff with the West. State TV aired footage Sunday of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying "there is no way except talks and obedience to the law."

He says Iran is "serious in nuclear talks" and hopes "the other side" will do the same.

A deadline expired this weekend for Tehran to respond to a package of incentives offered by six world powers, in exchange for Iran's promise to curb uranium enrichment. That's a process that can generate electricity, or the material for a nuclear bomb. Ahmadinejad said Saturday his country would not give up its "nuclear rights," and that any participation in international talks would "be aimed at reinforcing" those rights. More >>>