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U.S. Supports Iran's Pro-Democracy Movement
(Financial Times-UK) Guy Dinmore - U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns presented the Bush administration's policy on Iran to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, pledging support for pro-democracy movements but stopping short of specifically endorsing "regime change." The U.S. "indictment" focused on Iran's "atrocious" human rights record, its support for "terrorist" groups such as Hizballah and Hamas, its refusal to hand over detained "senior al-Qaeda leaders," its rejection of the Iranian people's democratic aspirations, its "destabilizing impact" on the Middle East, and its alleged clandestine nuclear weapons program.