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No U.S. ties for now: Iran
TEHRAN, Iran: As U.S. President George W. Bush declared a primary goal of his upcoming tour of the Middle East was to drum up support for further isolating Iran, the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyid Ali Khamenei said that restoring diplomatic ties with Washington at this time would be "detrimental to Iran's interests." Speaking to a gathering in the central Iranian city of Yazd on Thursday, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "Severing diplomatic ties with the United States was one of Iran's original principle policies, but Tehran has never said that it would pursue this policy forever." Full Article at American Chronicledetrimental to Iran's interests.
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No U.S. ties for now: Iran
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The Bush administration right now, I believe, has already decided that a military option against Iran will not accomplish anything. In fact, those of us who analyze the Middle East have been saying for a long time that we can't understand what in the world a military attack on Iran would ever accomplish
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If you are not aware of ideological or Islamic movements in Iran, or have knowledge of the political groups in Iran, how can you pursue a proper and realistic policy?
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I think this was a foreign policy mistake by Iran to engage themselves with the foreign policy of the United States because Washington will draw a negative picture that Iran has influence on Iraq, and has the ability to create stability or instability
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I think it all depends on what comes out of the negotiations between Iran and the United States concerning Iraq
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I am afraid the problem is that the United States has this general problem with every nation, it is not just Iran ... Look at the situation in Pakistan for example. The United States doesn't have a clue about the political situation there, or in many other countries for that matter.
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Severing diplomatic ties with the United States was one of Iran's original principle policies, but Tehran has never said that it would pursue this policy forever.
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Now here we have the U.S. State Department spokesman saying Bush will use his Middle East visit to confront Iranian influence in the region. This means the United States does not want to see Iran participate in a balanced way.
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When you consider the results of the Bush foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, I believe that no matter whether a Republican or Democrat comes into office they have to implement some changes in these policies ... Of course as far as the choices are concerned, I think that the Democrats might...
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As far as I can see they are unable to understand what is going on inside Iran
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