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NEW DELHI: The United States seems to have backed off from an immediate confrontation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) providing India with a breather on taking a position on Iran and its nuclear programme in the IAEA board meeting on Monday. "I think the European 3 [three] have actually been good. We are going to see what will happen, if we get a referral on September 19th, that will be good, but I think the issue of a referral is something that we'll be working for a while. I'm not so concerned about exactly when it happens because I don't think this matter is so urgent that it has to be on September 19," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Fox News on Wednesday. An agency report from New York quoted U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns as saying on Friday after a meeting between Dr. Manmohan Singh and Ms. Rice in New York that India didn't want Iran to become a nuclear state. "We are gratified by what we've heard," PTI reported Mr. Burns as saying. India, which has been treading on egg shells as far as its relationship with Iran is concerned, came under considerable American pressure after some "remarks" on Iran (never actually made) were first attributed to Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and later to External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh.
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India's problems with the U.S. over Iran have been compounded after New Delhi and Washington agreed to a civil nuclear agreement in July, which requires both sides to take reciprocal steps to bring India into the international nuclear energy mainstream. During External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh's visit to Teheran earlier this month, India had supported Iran's peaceful nuclear energy programme in keeping with its international obligations and commitments. All sides, India said at the time, should facilitate dialogue and resolve issues concerning Iran in the IAEA framework.
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