May 04, 2007
U.S. & Iran Meet On The Side
Ambassadors from the United States and Iran met today at the Iraq conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt.
It wasn't the high-level talks between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki that had been discussed for days -- those fell apart this morning, after anti-Iraq war remarks from Mottaki and a flap over dinner last night -- but the Washington Post reports that two unidentified representatives did speak.
The Post categorizes the meeting as "expert level" rather than the highest level, which would have been Rice and Mottaki. The two countries haven't participated in that level of talks since 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini assumed power after the Islamic revolution.
