US Says Will Adopt Multi-Prong Approach To Iran

Obama administration would make Iran`s nuclear program a top diplomatic priority and would pursue direct talks with Iran.

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will use "all elements of our national power" to address its concerns about Iran's nuclear program, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Monday.

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said earlier on Monday that the Obama administration would make Iran's nuclear program, which Western countries fear is a cover to build atomic weapons, a top diplomatic priority and would pursue direct talks with Iran.

Gibbs told a White House news conference that Rice was simply restating comments made by Obama on the presidential campaign trail and should not be seen as suggesting a new diplomatic initiative by the United States.