Iranian leader demands US apology

Published by You on 28 January, 2009 - 13:53

Iranian leader demands US apology

Iran's president has responded to an overture by the new US president by demanding an apology for past US "crimes" committed against Iran.

The US "stood against the Iranian people in the past 60 years," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during an address in the western region of Khermenshah.

"Those who speak of change must apologise to the Iranian people and try to repair their past crimes," he said.

President Obama has offered to extend a hand if Iran "unclenched its fist".

President Barack Obama discussed the possibility of a softening of US policy towards Iran in an interview recorded with a Saudi-owned Arabic TV network on Monday...

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Submitted by You on 28 January, 2009 - 13:53

What a moron!

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by You on 28 January, 2009 - 18:21

Ahmadinejad spurns Obama overtures in a show of weakness

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has responded to Barack Obama's opening to Iran, and his answer is characteristically acerbic. Yes, we can talk, he is saying, if you come on your hands and knees.

The Iranian president has never been the go-to world leader for moderate language, and his speech today in Kermanshah, in western Iran, was no exception. Only "fundamental" change from Washington would be enough to reboot bilateral relations after their 30-year freeze, and such change would have to involve a complete withdrawal of US troops from around the world and apologies for past "crimes" against Iran.

The ferocity of the response to the sustained overture coming from Washington in the first days of the Obama administration confirms a theory about US-Iran relations: that the hardline establishments in both countries helped sustain each other. The arrival of a moderate and charismatic voice in the White House is a far greater threat to Ahmadinejad and his chances of getting re-elected in June than George Bush and all the sabres he rattled...

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

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