U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her joint news conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, at the Foreign Office, London, Friday Feb. 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Max Nash)
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President Bush, left, watches the swearing-in ceremony, Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, for incoming Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, at the State Department in Washington. From left to right are: Bush, Genoa McPhatter, Rice's aunt, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alto Ray, Rice's uncle, and Rice. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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Feb 4, 11:24 AM (ET)
By ANNE GEARAN
LONDON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday a U.S. attack on Iran "is simply not on the agenda at this point," despite the United States' continued criticism of Iran's human rights record and suspected nuclear weapons ambitions.
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has expressly said that regime change in Iran is not the U.S. goal. But Rice would not say whether the United States supports a change of government.
Speaking to reporters on the plane as she began her weeklong trip, Rice said Iran's approach to human rights and its treatment of its own citizens were loathsome.
