http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090127/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamairaninterview]US vows 'direct' diplomacy with Iran (AFP)[/URL]



AFP - US President Barack Obama has offered to engage with Iran if its leaders "unclenched their fist" as his new UN ambassador pledged "direct" diplomacy with the Islamist republic as long as Tehran halts uranium enrichment.