United States President Barack Obama has wasted little time making good on his promise of a fresh approach toward Iran based on "direct diplomacy". In only his first week in office, Obama has sent important signals about his determination to pursue "smart power" diplomacy with a country that has mystified five of his presidential predecessors.
Obama's envoy to the United Nations, Susan Rice, on Tuesday reiterated the president's Iran approach by using her first press interview to promise "vigorous and direct diplomacy" toward Iran. Rice later qualified the pledge by saying that unless Iran accepted the UN Security Council's demands to halt its uranium-enrichment program, international pressures on Tehran will intensify.
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28 January 2009
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