Iran Would Welcome Obama Talks
Iran’s Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie told Tokyo Koyodu News Agency that President Ahmadinejad would welcome talks with President-elect Barack Obama, as long as the talks are held openly and their contents made fully available to the press. Ahmadinejad has stated that he believes face-to-face diplomacy to be the most successful means to achieving a positive end, but that in order for that end to be reached the President-elect needs to change his tune. Obama has recently added his voice to the many calling for an immediate halt to Iran’s nuclear program that many believe to be aimed at creating nuclear weapons, but that Iran claims is solely for electricity generating purposes. However, the Iranian President states that the only means to achieve peace is for the President-elect to stand by his campaign promise of “change” and direct the new administration away from the approach of its predecessors.
Bridget Russell
