No plans to allow US think-tank on Iran soil: Tehran

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Monday that it did not plan to allow a US research and policy think-tank to open in the Islamic republic after Washington gave its blessing for such a move.

Washington said on October 2 that it had given rare approval to the American Iranian Council (AIC) to set up an office in Iran, although the State Department insisted that US policy towards Tehran had not changed.

But Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi told reporters: “This matter was not discussed and is not being discussed. The issue is not on the agenda.”