Iran potentially open to resuming ties with US

[IranZamin]

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IRAN is potentially open to resuming diplomatic ties with the US but only on an equal footing, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said today.

"The kind of relations that Washington wants to pursue with Tehran is similar to the one that the wolf wants to have with [the] lamb, which is rejected by the Islamic Republic of Iran," Salehi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

He added, "We have not ruled out establishing relations with other countries, barring the Zionist regime [Israel], but it is possible that our relations are in an unusual situation with countries like the US. If one day the US agrees to a dialogue on an equal footing and without preconditions, while respecting the rights of our people, the situation will be different."

Iran and the US have not had diplomatic ties for more than three decades. In recent years, the freeze deepened amid Iran's push for nuclear weapons, its support for Islamist insurgents and attempts to counter US policy in the Middle East.

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[Imran Khan]

was not USA sheatan akber? big devil as per slogan of Islamic revolution ?

 

[Perceptron]

This is a terrific welcoming move proclaimed by the Iranian FM ; If the US-Iranian relations can at least move forward from a hatred and war-mongering relationship to a situation wherein they can at least learn to make eye-contact, it stabilizes a portion of Central Asia. Good move, i would say.

 

[Leader]

good step...

 

[Don Jaguar]

Good step taken!!!

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Iran potentially open to resuming ties with US | News.com.au



IRAN is potentially open to resuming diplomatic ties with the US but only on an equal footing, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said today.

"The kind of relations that Washington wants to pursue with Tehran is similar to the one that the wolf wants to have with [the] lamb, which is rejected by the Islamic Republic of Iran," Salehi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

He added, "We have not ruled out establishing relations with other countries, barring the Zionist regime [Israel], but it is possible that our relations are in an unusual situation with countries like the US. If one day the US agrees to a dialogue on an equal footing and without preconditions, while respecting the rights of our people, the situation will be different."

Iran and the US have not had diplomatic ties for more than three decades. In recent years, the freeze deepened amid Iran's push for nuclear weapons, its support for Islamist insurgents and attempts to counter US policy in the Middle East.

Read more: Iran potentially open to resuming ties with US | News.com.au

This possibility of some form of Iran-US rapprochement is not as unbelievable or remote as it may seem to be. Though there are great differences between Iran and US, the US realises that Iran has a major role to play in the region and especially in the context of Afghanistan. While Iran realises that USA while preparing for a draw-down of forces in Afghanistan (there will be no US exit) is now workiing to involve all regional players in to stabilising Afghanistan. And Iran needs a stable Afghanistan as a neighbor. So interests will overlap. That will be the real reason for the reworking and rearrangement of the strained relationship. Countries like Russia and CARs will also get roped in. And USA will even use Russia and India to work on the re-arrangements with Iran. Changes can well be expected within about a 5-year time frame.

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

I doubt this is gonna happen.