U.S. Downplays Talk of Iran Attack

Agence France-Presse
October 31, 2007

After weeks of escalating U.S. rhetoric on Iran, the White House vowed Tuesday to "pursue every possible diplomatic means" to defuse the volatile dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Spokeswoman Dana Perino sought to quiet fears that U.S. President George W. Bush plans to attack the Islamic republic over its refusal to freeze sensitive nuclear work that can lead to the development of atomic weapons.

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