Bush: Washington’s conditions for talking to Iran remain unchanged – first verifiably suspend nuclear fuel enrichment

November 30, 2006, 11:07 AM (GMT+02:00)

He said that while the Iraqi government was free to talk to Iran about helping to end the violence, US conditions for direct talks with Tehran were unchanged. Ahead of his arrival in Amman Wednesday night, the US president denied there was a civil war in Iraq and said the latest bombings were part of a nine-month pattern of al Qaeda attacks to foment sectarian violence and bloodshed.

“We will continue to pursue al Qaeda and make it impossible for them to establish a safe haven in Iraq. The US president’s national security adviser Stephen Hadley said earlier that the Iraqi PM – rather than Bush – is likely to raise subject of dealing with Iran and Syria in their conversations in Jordan.