Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh says that his country would be a “reliable partner” for the West if those nations weren’t so quick to threaten and so unwilling to talk.
In comments to the nuclear NPT meeting in Geneva, Soltanieh says that if the international community stopped demanding Iran scrap its civilian nuclear program they’d find an eager partner open to long-term strategic cooperation.
Soltanieh went on to say that the policies of confrontation, favored for decades by the US and others, were really benefiting no one and that good faith negotiations would be a better strategy.
The US has yet to respond to the comments, but yesterday referred to Iran’s civilian program as a threat to the NPT’s inherent viability. Israel, also a fan of the threaten-and-confront strategy, did not comment, since they aren’t members of the NPT in the first place.
It's getting harder and harder for the US to stand aside and ignore the Iranian attempts to at least sit and talk. More and more they are looking like the recalcitrant children. All professional counselors will tell you that nothing is possible unless the parties are willing to talk. It costs nothing.
as long as US lame stream media dumbs down americans with total lies…and americans are more interested in watching american idol the status quo will stay…
Yeah, but just how is Israel going to have its bloody, corrupt, little war with them, and drag us into it, if we start talking to Iran? That would spoil all the Israeli and Neo-Con fun.
As the way it is.., this man is talking to a stubborn mule that socked in mud, can't get out but refuses to listen.
In fact, Iran could prove to be a much more valuable ally than Israel! Instead of draining American taxpayers for financial, diplomatic and military support (as Israel does), Iran has much friendlier relations with its neighbors, more natural resources, and a much more important geographical position. If only politicians dependent on AIPAC campaign contributions could just be voted away so the U.S. could end this stupid, endless and costly support of racist Israelis. There is no reason for us to be upset with Iran seeking Nuclear weapons if we aren't going to be equally upset with Israel's nuclear programs and attacks against American Naval vessels (e.g., the U.S.S. Liberty).
Until we free ourselves of the cancer of AIPAC there will be no peace in the world or the ME. How many Americans have even heard about the U.S.S. Liberty?
Terrorism being the blowback vengeance created by trading war materials for Middle-East oil, surely anything that prevents Iran from destroying such a money maker is of great benefit for the corporate rich.