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ALI AGHAMOHAMMADI, CLOSE AIDE TO IRAN'S MOST POWEFUL FIGURE
AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI
"The president-elect has promised changes in policies. There is a capacity for the improvement of ties between America and Iran if Obama pursues his campaign promises, including not confronting other countries as Bush did in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also concentrating on America's state matters and removing the American people's concerns."
Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohammad Hossein Abutorabifard:
"Obama can change the defeated Bush policies and in so doing can play an important role in the future relations between the U.S. and Asia and the Middle East.
"… If the United States takes into consideration the realities of the world and chooses suitable policies, America can play its (proper) role in the relations between the United States and the countries of the region and theworld of Islam."
Originally posted by asmeone2
Of course it hasn't got anythign at all to do with the fact that he's the first president in decades to show a willingness to actually talk with the 'enemy' instead of spout on about his willingness to blow them away.
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration will announce in mid-November, after the presidential election, that it intends to establish the first U.S. diplomatic presence in Iran since the 1979-81 hostage crisis, according to senior Bush administration officials.....
...... The U.S. and Iran don't have formal diplomatic relations, which were broken by President Carter in April 1980, following the November 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by Iranian students.
Relations, however, remain severed, and there have been no diplomatic relations between the two countries since shortly after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, when 52 American diplomats serving in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were taken hostage and held for 444 days.
"Packets of incentives have been sent to Tehran in the past," said Jafarzadeh. The problem, said the Iranian opposition figure, "is not with the U.S. administration. The problem is with the ayatollahs who have no interest or intention of establishing normal relations."
emphasis added by strangcraft
Originally posted by justgeneric
Starred yah Dr. Iran has not had a sit down meeting with a US President since Carter...Carter now talk routinely with many leaders that won't give the US the time of day...maybe he should counsel Obama on how not to piss off foreign leaders?
Originally posted by justgeneric
Starred yah Dr. Iran has not had a sit down meeting with a US President since Carter...Carter now talk routinely with many leaders that won't give the US the time of day...maybe he should counsel Obama on how not to piss off foreign leaders?
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by justgeneric
Starred yah Dr. Iran has not had a sit down meeting with a US President since Carter...Carter now talk routinely with many leaders that won't give the US the time of day...maybe he should counsel Obama on how not to piss off foreign leaders?
If you were old enough to have lived during Carter's presidency, you'd know he was worthless then, and nothing more than a senile old fool now.
The best you can say for Carter is that he gives Bush hope that in a few years he will be looked on as someone that can be put to a good purpose.
Originally posted by asmeone2
Edit: Oops, meant this post for Just Generic:
I thinK i have to agree with you... while I am not old enough to remember Carter, I think he is overly villainized in many ways... it has become popular in recent years to point the finger at him as the example of all that can go wrong with a presidency.
He had failings, as you pointed out, but some strong points as well.
[edit on 7-11-2008 by asmeone2]
Originally posted by justgeneric
Very True Centurion very true. It will be something to watch and HOPE for with Obama. I wonder though if a meeting with Iran is even a possibility with the way things are. Even if they could establish some dialogue over distance it'd be better than not at all.
I think talking at this point in time might be a good starting point.
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
What the hell is wrong with Obama wanting to talk to people, and overcome differences the peaceful way?
Because of the deliberative nature of democracies, totalitarian governments can respond to changes in talks much more rapidly. And since totalitarians are not really interested in peace, they have no personal investment when the talks collapse---they are not blamed by their own people when they return home with dashed hopes.
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
I think, Obama needs to sit down with
Israel, Iran, Iraq, China and Russia
sort out all of the crap Bush created between us,
then simply say
'' what do you want, what do you need, and how do you feel the world is moving forward at the moment ''
... wouldnt that one sentance say volumes? show that we are listening, that we are concerned and we are together?
When two nations disagree, you ask others what they think, why they think that. This one to one behind closed doors is just crap!