[Washington Times ] Nicholas Kralev - Secretary of State Rice said Monday that the U.S. is considering opening a visa office in Iran to draw more Iranian visitors to the U.S. The opening of a U.S. interests section would be the first U.S. diplomatic presence in Tehran since Iran freed 52 American hostages in 1981 after 444 days at the former U.S. Embassy. "We want more Iranians visiting the United States," Rice said. "We want the efforts that we've engaged in to have Iranian artists in the United States, American sports people in Iran. We are determined to find ways to reach out to the Iranian people."
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