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TEHRAN (AFP) - A top MP said on Friday the Tehran parliament would favour talks with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) after her controversial visit to Iran’s ally Syria, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

“We are ready for talks with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,” said Mohammad Nabi Rudaki, deputy head of the influential national security commission in Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament.

“Parliamentary talks can discuss bilateral problems and bring US, European and Iranian nations closer. They could also consider Iran’s peaceful nuclear issues,” he said.

But Rudaki added that “this willingness does not mean a resumption of political ties with the occupying and bullying US government.”

Don’t any of you dare accuse Speaker Pelosi of undermining the President’s middle eastern policies.