U.S. says can't link Tehran to Afghan arms flow
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates voiced concern on Monday about a flow of Iranian arms to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan but said he had no information linking Tehran to the supply of weapons.
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Iran's foreign minister said Saturday that friendly relations with the United States were impossible for the time being but suggested informal contacts through European intermediaries were possible.
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The United States told Iran on Thursday it must change its nuclear course or be isolated, but Tehran remained defiant despite the specter of harsher sanctions as it held talks on its atomic work with the European Union.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - The United States is in no position to attack Iran because it is bogged down in the conflict in Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
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unable to reach an agreement with Iran on freezing the country&#39;s uranium enrichment program, because Iran refuses to retract its demand to continue operating 20 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, which it claims are for research and development purposes.
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The United States will not negotiate directly with Iran on its nuclear program, President Bush&#039;s spokesman said Wednesday, although he left open the door for talks if Tehran proves it has permanently stopped all nuclear weapons activities.
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Middle East News, TEHERAN - Iran said yesterday it was not obliged to allow UN atomic energy agency inspectors to visit military sites alleged to be involved in secret nuclear weapons work, but that it was willing to discuss the issue.
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The United States and the European Union share the view that Iran must not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons and their approaches to ensuring this does not happen are very close, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan gave Iran his full embrace yesterday, saying it has been his country's "very close friend," even as US officials meeting with him here repeated their accusation that Iranian-made weapons were flowing to Taliban fighters.
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates tied Iran's government to large shipments of weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan and said yesterday such quantities were unlikely without Tehran's knowledge. Gates's comments, following accusations by a State Department official, were the strongest yet by a Cabinet secretary about Iran's support of the militant group in Afghanistan.
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Iran could be interested in cooperating with the United States to combat al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, a leading U.S. expert on Afghanistan said on Thursday.
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Washington will not stop Iran pursuing  nuclear technology and should not attempt a military  "adventure" in the country, an influential cleric said on  Friday.
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The U.S. has recently shared sensitive information with the International Atomic Energy Agency on key aspects of Iran's nuclear program that Washington says shows Tehran was directly engaged in trying to make an atomic weapon, diplomats told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Iranian arms are entering Afghanistan and reaching Taliban insurgents in such quality and quantity that the Tehran government must know about it, the U.S. ambassador to Kabul said on Tuesday.
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Despite no overt signs of smuggling, U.S. commanders believe Iran is moving weapons and operatives across the porous boundary
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Iran on Thursday rejected U.S. accusations it is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying an attack on its consulate there showed the hostility of the Sunni militant group towards Shi'ite Iran.
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The top U.S. disarmament diplomat said  on Monday evidence pointed to an Iranian nuclear weapons  program, but that Washington wanted a diplomatic solution and  its ultimate goal was not to topple Tehran's government.