Iran tries to avoid row with U.S.
"Iranian leaders have made a flurry of comments suggesting that they are prepared to engage more constructively with their long-time arch-enemy the United States after its swift seizure of power in neighbouring Iraq.
Senior U.S. officials have said they hoped Iraq's defeat would persuade Iran, Syria and North Korea to give up their ambitions for weapons of mass destruction. Last year Washington tagged Iran part of an "axis of evil" for allegedly aiding terrorism and pursuing nuclear arms...."