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IRAN READY TO WORK WITH U.S.

by The Anglo American | October 1, 2007 at 03:07 pm

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Iran is ready to help the US stabilize Iraq if Washington presents a timetable for a withdrawal of its troops, Tehran’s top security official said on Sunday.

The Financial Times interviewed Ali Larijani, the head of the Supreme National Security Council in Iran and answers directly to the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

“If they [the Americans] have a clear definition of a timetable we’ll help them materialise it,” Mr Larijani said. “If the US is persisting with its mistakes, it shouldn’t ask for help from us.”

Mr. Larijani said he thought the US democrat party and the British were getting it right in Iraq. He added that he believed Iran was the only country in the region to have supported the Iraqi government and the democratic process and directed his criticism at other Arab governments for not helping Washington. But he warned against US or Israeli military intervention in Iran or attempts to stop his country's nuclear program.

Refusing to specify what Tehran’s retaliation might be, he warned that the US should attack Iran if it wished “to receive Israel on a wheelchair” and predicted that Washington would be “sticking its hand into a beehive”.

However Mr. Larijani did say that Iran was working IAEA and pledged to clear up suspicions concerning its nuclear intentions.

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Tom van B

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at 15:55 on October 1st, 2007

The Anglo American, you've convinced me you've done the work - it's authentic. I like this news item. Good stuff.

The Anglo American

at 16:02 on October 1st, 2007

Thanks Tom Van B! In the big picture of things, true perspective can only be achieved through representation of balance.

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at 16:00 on October 2nd, 2007

i gotta wonder why stuff like this never makes it to the TV ?

on a related note:

1 Iran is probably the most democratic government in the region
2 Bush wants to promote democracy in the region
3 Bush wants to bomb Iran

anyone see a problem here ?

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The Anglo American

at 01:38 on October 3rd, 2007

Yep. As I say, true perspective can only be achieved through the representation of balance in argument. We can then make 'informed opinion' rather than express opinon that has been formed for us. Clearly you are thinking for yourself! Even here, I have had to lobby people to look at it - to stop it falling off the page {i.e. good stuff it}. Nobody at NP would touch it.