Powell says US has no plans to invade Iran

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WASHINGTON – The United States has no intention to change Iran’s regime and it has no plans to invade the nation neighboring Iraq, where 140,000 US troops are stationed, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview to be broadcast yesterday.

“We are not getting ready to invade Iran,” Powell told CNBC television’s The Wall Street Journal report when asked if having 140,000 troops in Iraq makes it easier to deal with Iran.

“We have no intention of regime change. That is our policy: no regime change,” he said, although he added: “We don’t approve of this regime.”

“It is up to the Iranian people to decide what they are going to do with respect to their future and how they are going to be led,” Powell said.

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