U.S. Withdraws July 4th Invite to Iranian Diplomats
Washington Post / Glenn Kessler
24-Jun-2009 (one comment)

So much for "hot-dog diplomacy." The White House announced today that it had withdrawn invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend Fourth of July festivities at U.S. embassies around the world. The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations for nearly three decades, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton authorized the invitations as a way of reaching out to the Islamic Republic. But U.S. officials said no Iranian diplomats thus far had responded to the invitations.

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anonymous fish

maybe it's just a matter of semantics

by anonymous fish on Wed Jun 24, 2009 03:49 PM PDT

or intention, but I didn't get that the invitations were withdrawn.  I inferred that "further" invitations would not be extended. 

"During a news conference on Wednesday, President Obama had indicated the invitations were still being extended. Asked if the July 4th offer still stood, Obama responded: "That's a choice the Iranians are going to have to make."

This seems to imply that Obama is leaving the response up to Iran.  Not that anyone was expecting AN to attend anyway...lol.


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