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| Iran's Leadership Ignores Obama Outreach, Says World Powers Cannot Block Nuclear Program |
| 2009-03-20 |
| TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader said Friday that world powers had been persuaded they could not block Iran's nuclear progress — making no mention of a new-year's message sent by President Obama to his country, Reuters reported. Neither Ayatollah Ali Khamenei nor Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad noted Obama's attempt to make a "new beginning" with their country in recorded messages they issued to mark the Iranian New Year. Obama released the video Friday to coincide with the Iranian festival of Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring. In the video, Obama says the U.S. is prepared to end the strained relations if Tehran tones down its combative rhetoric. "This process will not be advanced by threats. We seek instead engagement that is honest and grounded in mutual respect," Obama said. A press adviser to Iran's president downplayed the video, saying "minor changes will not end the differences." Ali Akbar Javanfekr told the Iranian state-run English-language Press TV satellite station that Iran will never forget U.S. meddling in Tehran's affairs. The two countries broke off relations after the 1979 Islamic revolution. |
| Posted by:Galactic Coordinator Omavising9607 |
| #6 As per the above, it strongly appears that CHINA + IRAN/Radical Islam] ARE STEADILY HEADING TOWARD A MAJOR GEOPOL RU-U-U-M-BLE in Asia??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-20 19:44 |
| #5 PAKISTANI DEFENSE FORUM > BNP: "BIG NUCLEAR NEIGHBOR'S" THREAT TO [unilaterally/forcibly]INTERVENE IN DOMESTIC/INTERNAL BANGLA AFFAIRS CONDEMNED, + NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR BANGLADESH. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-20 19:42 |
| #4 WORLD MIL FORUM > KYRGYZSTAN WORRIED OVER INCREASING MIGRATION OF CHINESE FOREIGN LABOR Kyrgyzstan + CENTRAL ASIA becom heavily dependent on Chin labor for national/econ dev, but at same time don't want too many Chin in their country?; + WORLD ECONOMY IN TRANSITION: THE RISE OF CHINA IS UNSTOPPABLE + G20 SUMMIT: WHY CANADA IS A SECOND-CLASS COUNTRY TO USA, CHINA, JAPAN, AND OTHER G-7 NATIONS [Canucks don't like to complain = make a fuss]??? * PAKISTANI DEFENSE FORUM > IRAN TELLS/WARNS PAKISTAN TO STOP USING ITS SOIL FOR [anti-Iran] ACTIVITIES AGZ IT; + CHINA ISN'T GOING TO LIKE THIS ONE/MONGOLIA TO ENHANCE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH INDIA. INDIA repor already has a loong- established ANTI-CHIN "LISTENING POST" in Mongolia - now besides potens arms deals, may set up a new major Base inside Mongolia agz China??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-20 19:39 |
| #3 Besides the fact that he "reached out" during Nowruz, when the mullahs are Shia Moslem. They know there is a giant gaping weakness in the executive branch here. Watch them tremble between the laughing. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-03-20 18:20 |
| #2 UNCLENCH!!!! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-03-20 12:30 |
| #1 "This process will not be advanced by threats. We seek instead engagement that is honest and grounded in mutual respect," It won't be advanced by threats which are not credible. And Obama seems not to make credible threats, so might as well make no threats at all. Honesty is not possible between virtually any political entities, and certainly between these. Respect is not possible with either of these political entities. So we conclude that the process will not be advanced. Period. And thus Iranian nukes are OK. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-03-20 12:17 |