U.S. says more specific timetable for Iran is not ‘respectful’

More than two weeks after the White House gave Iran “weeks, not months” to resume nuclear talks, the administration said Thursday a more specific timetable would not be “respectful of the regime.”

“We’re not trying to do this through an arbitrary set of deadlines,” said National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. “We’re trying to do this in a way that is respectful of the Iranian people and respectful of the regime.”