New York __ There will be no meeting between President Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani this week, the White House said Tuesday, saying the Iranians had declined.
The White House offered to have "an encounter" between Obama and Rouhani at the United Nations, but the Iranians informed the US Tuesday "it is too complicated for the Iranians to do at this point," senior US administration officials informed the White House pool reporter Tuesday afternoon.