WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said it is unclear whether those in the highest reaches of the Iranian government were aware of weapons being shipped to Iraq.
Bush on Wednesday told a White House news conference that it is clear that a faction of the government -- the Quds Force -- was responsible for shipping explosive devices to Iraqi insurgents. What is unclear, he said, was whether the Quds Force was acting independently or under the aegis of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"What's worse? That the government did know or that it didn't know?" Bush asked.
Bush said he is still willing to talk with the Iranian government if Tehran's nuclear program is suspended. Bush sidestepped a question on whether his rhetoric on Iran mirrors that which led to the invasion of Iraq.
