International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) listens to U.S. ambassador to the IAEA Gregory Schulte before a board of governors meeting at Vienna's U.N. headquarters September 12, 2006. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday held out the possibility that the United States might join talks with Iran if it temporarily suspends its nuclear program. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)