Pentagon chief: the United States will solve the Iranian problem with diplomatic and economic methods

The US administration intends to continue to make diplomatic and economic efforts to resolve the situation with Iran. This was stated today by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

"I think that the administration is sure that at present the continuation of the resolution of the situation with Iran emanated from Iran with threats and challenges with the help of diplomatic and economic efforts continues to be preferable," he said in an interview with Fox television company.

At the same time, the head of the Pentagon did not want to speculate on the possible application of the United States of a military strike on Iran. Gates refused to “hypothetically” discuss the question of what President George Bush “could or cannot do.”

“We always said that there are all possible options (resolution of the Iranian problem) on the table, but it is obvious that we use only diplomatic and economic approaches,” he added.