Why Iran Wants to Talk

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Author(s) The Washington Post editorial board
Source The Washington Post
Date March 18, 2006
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031701876.html
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Quotes-start.png "The U.S. goal of a broad and cohesive Iraqi government that would fairly balance Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish interests and be defended by a national Iraqi army would, if achieved, check Iranian ambitions. If Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad can advance that cause through talks with Iran, good. But it will be worth bearing in mind that Tehran has agreed to sit down with him for entirely different reasons." Quotes-end.png


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This item takes a mixed stance on the position United States should negotiate with Iran on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.