US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she would leave the decision on whether to open a US interests section in Tehran to president-elect Barack Obama.
"At this late moment, I think it is probably better that this decision be left to the next administration," Rice told a press conference here.
Rice was asked if the U.S. would open a diplomatic interests section in Tehran, envisioned in Washington but never officially announced, a move that would end a 30-year total break in diplomatic relations between the two countries.