Donald Bloom, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, said that Washington has extended the hand of negotiation toward Iran and that channels for dialogue remain open and active, but the United States is also prepared to move along what it calls “another path.”

Bloom said on Sunday, 10 Aban, at the “Manama Dialogue” that the United States cannot allow the Islamic Republic to take the region and the global economy hostage.