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Kerry: US open to talks with Iran on Islamic State

Posted by seumasach on September 17, 2014

Yahoo News Digest

16th September, 2014

Kerry spoke after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the U.S. had in fact requested that Tehran join the fight against the Islamic State group but it rejected the overture because of Washington’s “unclean intentions.” Kerry did not respond directly to questions about that claim. He said there are often discussions on the sidelines of nuclear talks.

 

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