Sunday, January 25, 2009

Iranian MP Demands Preconditions for US Talks

Fars News Agency reports today that Majlis member Falahat Pisheh has urged that Iran demand the end of US sanctions before beginning talks between the two countries.

Referring to the new US President Barack Obama's statement about Iran in which he repeated the preconditions of Bush's government for talking with Iran, he said, "If the new US president seeks to pursue outdated US policies in dealing with Iran, it will not bear any results."

I think it's becoming apparent that that there are many people in the Middle East who have decided that instead of taking advantage of Obama's election to work out some new dynamic, that they prefer to simply try to take advantage of Obama. While I'm not surprised, it remains nonetheless a shame.

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