The White House has offered Iran a “willing partnership” after the inauguration of the new president Hassan Rouhani.
Jay Carney, the White House spokesperson, said Rouhani's inauguration "presents an opportunity for Iran to act quickly to resolve the international community's deep concerns over Iran's nuclear programme".
"Should this new government choose to engage substantively and seriously to meet its international obligations and find a peaceful solution to this issue, it will find a willing partner in the United States," he said.
Rouhani struck a conciliatory tone in his inaugural speech to the Iranian parliament, saying that his country would not cause a war.
"In international interactions, my government will try to build mutual trust between Iran and the regional and global countries," he said.
"Transparency is the key to open a new chapter in mutual trust. And the transparency we are talking about cannot be a one-way transparency, and without practical measures in our bilateral and multilateral relations."
