Ahmadinejad Welcomes U.S. Talks.

[elleng]

Source: NYT/AP

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's hard-line president said Wednesday that his country welcomes talks with the United States should the American president prove to be ''honest'' in extending its hand toward Iran, one of the strongest signals yet that Tehran welcomes Barack Obama's calls for dialogue.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments come after Obama said his administration is looking for opportunities to engage Iran and pledged to rethink Washington's relationship with Tehran. At his inauguration in January, Obama said his administration would reach out to rival states, saying ''we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.''

Last month, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rebuffed Obama's video message on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian new year, in which the president reached out to the Iranian people. Khamenei said Tehran was still waiting to see concrete changes in U.S. policy.

But Ahmadinejad offered a more conciliatory tone Wednesday.'



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/08/world/AP-ML-Iran-US.html?hp

[Soylent Brice]

1. good. peace starts with dialogue.

K&R

[twitomy]

2. "Dialogue" is a good way to bide your time while working on your goal:

"A Chinese businessman accused of helping Iran's military buy materials to make nuclear weapons has been indicted on charges of illegally sending millions of dollars through New York City banks, Manhattan's chief prosecutor said Tuesday."

http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-ny-banks-iran-nukes,1,7558984.story

[Arctic Dave]

3. Who's goal are you refering to?

[EFerrari]

4. Sure. But that's more about money than it is about weapons

just like it always is.