For the first time since 1979, US and Iranian presidents have confirmed a direct conversation, coming in the form of a telephone call. The two discussed the ongoing P5+1 talks with Iran, and ended with Obama echoing Rouhani’s comments that a deal is “possible.”
Rouhani’s official confirmation said that the two sides agreed to “rapidly solve” the ongoing dispute over Iran’s civilian nuclear program, though President Obama downplayed the prospect.
“There will surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed,” Obama insisted in comments afterwards, adding that there was “deep mistrust” between the two nations.
Rouhani has been emphasizing the desire for diplomacy since his inauguration, saying that there is a new environment and a new tone on both sides that could open up the prospect of a quick settlement. His government has expressed hope to have a permanent settlement within 3-6 months.
corp mainstream media treatment of iran/US talks is as usual misleading with such supposed givens/
untruths as refs to 'irans nuke weapons program '- the program which us intell agencies have confirmed does not exist….and that Iran has finally changed its tune and wishes to come to some accommodation with the US et al…ignoring the fact that previous iranian leaders have always said they are ready to talk and do a deal [ as equals] not some servile entity….Khatami was a reformer and look how the US treated his initiatives…..the us govt as old westerns used to quote indians as saying; that the white man speaks with a fork tongue is apt. And looking at how the us treats rehabilitated /former 'friends' like saddam, qaddafi and assad they have to be aware that any deals will only be seen as a weakness and used as avenues to subvert since so far the us has not given up is megalomaniac dream of regime change in countries not under its boot
Glad to hear about the President-to-President phone call. As for our (US) President's comment about "deep mistrust" between our Government and that of Iran, some of that mistrust could be eliminated if our Government stopped lying about Iran's nuclear program. For a very recent example, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters in Washington on September 19 that there is an "international consensus that has been established with the president's leadership behind the proposition that IRAN MUST GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM . . . ." (Emphasis added.) Of course the fact is that Iran HAS NO NUCLEAAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, as has been repeatedly stated by the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, and by two National Intelligence Estimates dating back to 2007. Mr. President, if you expect anybody to trust you, how can you allow your official White House spokesman to tell blatant lies about Iran's nuclear program? You need to make a public disavowal of Mr. Carney's false statement, and make clear to Iran and the world that the US Government does NOT believe that Iran has a nuclear weapons program.
Look at it like this, Iran is a multi Multi billion dollars for USA and EU, at least it was until Obama started to sanctioning Iran and companies doing business with Iran. French car manufacturer hade to send 3000 workers home just because of the sanction, so is the fact with all other EU companies that are cooperating with the American, Rohani is their man, he is politician in one hand and knows the west needs, in the other hand west needs all the market they can get and Iran is not a country as Israel giving them headaches as Israeli government dose. If USG and EU hade to chose they would pick the Iranians over the Israelis for two reasons, Israel cost them to much of everything, and Israel is not of a big market as Iran is. Yet one can say that, to som degree, empire is waking up realizing that ruling the world was a dream, that capitalism can't continue to be wild as a mad man with a knife made in china in his hand slicing whatever and whoever.
Obama was applying for admission as a college student when the Iran sanctions started.
Wow over 30 years of being sanctioned by USG and EU and still standing.., that tells you something, doesn't it?
elephants have long memories- but the us has a selective memory which erases all their own misdeeds which created the scene for later events…..i think sanctions on CUBA beat iran's mere 30 yrs
what you say is very rational…but I think the us behaves in irrational self harming ways- where its own interests are concerned…..itieems very insecure and paranoid hence the need to dominate and hold all the cards and projecting its own nefarious impulses onto others…..when things like the blood brother relationship with israel are thrown into the mix it may appear that it is acting rationally…but to the rest of the world it behaves irrationally and destructively.
I 'am sure Benjamin Netanyahu is pissed with Obama for "literally" going to bed with Rouhani and will punish Obama by building more settlements in occupied Palestinians land, or bomb Lebanon, cut more aid to the Gaza Strip, the list is endless. What a bunch of mindless warmongers.