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| US pessimistic on Iran overtures | US pessimistic on Iran overtures |
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| The US secretary of state has said Washington is still willing to engage with Iran but that political turmoil there means a response is unlikely. | The US secretary of state has said Washington is still willing to engage with Iran but that political turmoil there means a response is unlikely. |
| Hillary Clinton told the BBC the US was waiting for Iran to respond but that Tehran "does not have any capacity to make that kind of decision right now". | Hillary Clinton told the BBC the US was waiting for Iran to respond but that Tehran "does not have any capacity to make that kind of decision right now". |
| Barack Obama has made verbal overtures towards Iran, but last week Mrs Clinton warned its time to respond was limited. | Barack Obama has made verbal overtures towards Iran, but last week Mrs Clinton warned its time to respond was limited. |
| The US accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies. | The US accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies. |
| "We haven't had any response," Mrs Clinton told the BBC's state department correspondent Kim Ghattas. | |
| "We've certainly reached out and made it clear that's what we'd be willing to do, even now, despite our absolute condemnation of what they've done in the [12 June presidential] election and since but I don't think they have any capacity to make that kind of decision right now." | |
| The Iranian opposition has accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of rigging the outcome of the poll, which saw Mr Ahmadinejad returned to office. | |
| Days of streets protests against the results were violently suppressed, drawing widespread condemnation from around the world. |