Iran not immune from regional change: Rice

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran to engage in more "stabilizing behavior" in the Middle East, warning Tehran that they were not immune to the "major changes" in the region.

"The Iranians should not consider themselves immune from the major changes that are going on in the region, and we would hope that they would begin to engage in more stabilizing behavior," said Rice, speaking after a meeting with Kuwaiti's foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah.

Rice, who reiterated US concerns over Tehran's nuclear program, described Iran as a "state sponsor of terrorism" that is "out of step with a region that is trying very hard now to move toward a two-state solution," a reference to Israel and the Palestinians.

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