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    U.S. to meet with Iran on Iraq situation

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    Post by wciappetta Mon 16 Jun 2014, 5:53 am

    [size=33]U.S. to meet with Iran on Iraq situation[/size]
    June 15, 2014, 7:08 p.m. EDT


    By Jay Solomon, Carol E. Lee and Farnaz Fassihi
    WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is preparing to open a direct dialogue with Iran on the security situation in Iraq and ways to push back the radical Sunni militia that has gained control of vast territories in western Iraq, said senior U.S. officials.

    The dialogue, which is expected to begin this week, will mark the latest in a rapid move toward rapprochement between Washington and Tehran over the past year. It also comes as the U.S. and other world powers try to reach an agreement with Iran by late July to curb its nuclear program.


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    The U.S. and Iran have both publicly committed in recent days to provide military support if requested to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and help his government repel an offensive the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, has launched against Baghdad and other major Iraqi cities over the past week.

    U.S. officials said it is imperative for Washington to discuss the security situation in Iraq with Iran and other regional powers in a bid to better coordinate a response against ISIS.

    Secretary of State John Kerry communicated Washington’s strategy to his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari, in a phone call on Saturday, according to the State Department.

    “The secretary assured the foreign minister that the United States was reaching out to the international community and Iraq’s regional neighbors to emphasize the threat that Iraq and the region are under from [ISIS] and the importance of coming to Iraq’s aid at this critical juncture,” the State Department said.

    Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said on Saturday that his government was open to cooperating with the U.S. in Iraq and that he exchanged letters with President Barack Obama.

    “When the U.S. takes action, then one can think about cooperation,” Mr. Rouhani said at a news conference in Tehran. “Until today, no specific request for help has been demanded. But we are ready to help within international law.”

    The U.S. officials said it wasn’t certain yet which diplomatic channel the Obama administration would use to discuss the Iraq situation.

    One avenue could be through Vienna, where senior American and Iranian diplomats will convene starting Monday as part of international negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive agreement to curb Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.

    Iran’s chief negotiator, Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif, served as a key interlocutor between Iran and the George W. Bush administration after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, said U.S. officials. Both countries at the time sought to remove the Taliban, a Sunni extremist group, from power in Afghanistan and install President Hamid Karzai.

    “Whatever dialogue may or may not be taking place [with Iran] would take place on the sideline or outside the mainstream of the nuclear talks” in Vienna, Mr. Kerry said on Saturday in London. “We don’t want that linked and mixed.”

    American and Iranian officials over the past year have used a series of bilateral channels — many in secret — to discuss the nuclear issue. Last week, senior White House and State Department officials met their Iranian counterparts in Geneva, but didn’t discuss the Iraq crisis, said U.S. officials.

    The White House’s engagement with Iran on Iraq offers both opportunities and risks, said U.S. defense officials and Arab diplomats.

    Iran, a majority Shiite country, has served as Mr. Maliki’s closest Mideast ally and has mobilized Tehran’s military and religious establishment to support their coreligionists in Iraq in recent days. Iran’s elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, has an extensive presence inside Iraq, said U.S. officials, and has trained Shiite militias that have already joined the Iraqi army in fighting ISIS.

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