Ahmadi-Nejad's letter to Obama covers key issues
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's letter to US President-elect Barack Obama contained important points which well answered expectations of global community and international opinion, said a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said at a seminar on "Human Rights in Iran and the World" that President Ahmadi-Nejad's initiative in sending the letter neutralized the charge that US politicians have raised against Iran for years, alleging the country that is warmonger.
As for the establishment of a US interest section in Iran, Hosseini said, "If the request comes from official channels in the US, Iranian officials will follow it up."
He said that the materialization of Obama's pledges will improve the US position in international relations. The former Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Obama should use the opportunity to improve US image which was harmed during eight years of George W. Bush's presidency.
"Obama should use the chance to regulate Iran's relations with other countries," he added. He noted that the assassination of political figures in the early years of the Islamic Revolution, support for anti-revolutionary terrorist groups, the eight-year Iraq-Iran war, support for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and the attack on Tabas are all signs the US does not abide by international norms.
"As long as the US fails to follow norms free from a totally instrumental attitude, the law cannot address Iran-US relations," he added.
Iranian Government spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham said on Saturday the US needs policy change towards Iran. He said "Holding of the talks is not the main issue, what is important is the change of US policy towards Iran."
"If there is a change, then, there will be new prospects" for the two capitals, Elham stressed. He added that the world is exhausted from US "hegemonic and unilateral approach" as that would not secure the interest of American nation and that of the international community as well.
The US recently apparently accused Iran of causing instability in Iraq, to which Iran, thru its ambassador at the United Nations, Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei, responded on Friday saying "Iran has been the victim of terrorist operations by a criminal grouplet which still exists in Iraq and is fully supported by Washington," Khazaei said in his letter to the UN Security Council's chief."
