Talk:Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States

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BetacommandBot 23:20, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page name

May I ask, why is the page named Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States, and not Diplomatic tensions between the United States and Iran? Iran has expressed a willingness to sit down and talk with the United States; while the U.S. has repeatedly rejected and blocked such moves. I propose renaming this page, as above. What do other editors say? smb 22:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

What you say about which side is trying diplomacy is correct based on externally sourced references which anyone can find fairly easily, but i don't really see a difference between "between A and B" and "between B and A" - i don't think the order suggests which one is the cause of the tensions. Boud (talk) 01:05, 19 November 2007 (UTC)