Utterly Remarkable:

Iran endorses U.S. claim on Iraqi shrines

Iran has made a rare conciliatory gesture towards the United States by endorsing the U.S. statement that coalition forces had not damaged the Shiite religion's two holiest shrines in Iraq.

Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency carried a telephone interview on Tuesday with a prominent Shiite cleric who said the shrines were "untouched."

(Hat Tip: Romulus Remus at Judicious Asininity)