Kerry: U.S. may share information with Iran over Iraq, not work together

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States is contemplating communicating with Iran to share information about the insurgency spreading across Iraq, but is not seeking to work together with Iran to address the crisis.       

"We are interested in communicating with Iran. That the Iranians know what we're thinking, that we know what they're thinking and there is a sharing of information so people aren't making mistakes," Kerry said in an interview on NBC News that aired on Thursday.         

Asked if the United States was considering working hand-in-hand with Iran, Kerry said: "No. We're not sitting around contemplating how we're going to do that or if we're going to do that. That's not on the table," Kerry added.            

Asked about the possibility of U.S. air strikes, Kerry also said that "nothing is off the table" and that "all options" are still available to President Barack Obama, who is weighing how to respond to the Sunni-led rebellion.

In the same regard, a Saudi source said earlier that Saudi Arabia considers political dialogue among Iraqis and not outside intervention to be the way to solve Iraq's turmoil, adding that several leading Western powers agreed with that position.

"No outside interference will be of any benefit," the source told Reuters.

"Saudi Arabia, the U.S., France and the UK are all in agreement that dialogue and a political solution is the way forward in Iraq," the source said.