Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Tehran welcomes any positive change in US policies on Iran and believe that such a move would benefit the US itself. He made the remark in an interview with Aljazeera English channel on Thursday on the sidelines of the 62nd UN General Assembly session in New York.
He expressed the hope that the US would change its "war mongering policies" on Iran. To a question that the US president did not point to Iran's nuclear program during his speech and whether this indicated a the positive attitude of the White House on Iran Iran, he replied "We hope so. Of course this will be to their own benefit because it will prepare grounds for their cooperation with us."
The Iranian leader termed the UNSC resolutions on Iran's nuclear dossier as politically-motivated and said such resolutions are worthless because they have been ratified illegally. UNSC resolutions have been approved under US pressures, therefore they are illegal, he said.
The US has misused its veto power in this connection, he stressed.
Asked whether he was concerned about military action against Iran, Ahmadinejad said "why should such an option be on the table? war is a mishap and there is no reason for its occurrence. I do not think that any wise individual will take such a decision."
© 2007 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
1 comment:
Instead of name calling and accusations, you have to hand it to Ahmadinejad for being the bigger person and not taliking negatively about the US. He is making this administration look bad,uncooperative and unwilling to work with other countries. Maybe this administration should learn some PR, foreign relations from him. At the UN summit slamming Castro? That's not mature or good for foreign relations.
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