AFP
October 30, 2011
TEHRAN — Iran on Saturday dismissed a renewed US offer of dialogue by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying the “contradictions” of pursuing talks at the same time as threats undermined the proposal.
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi made the comment at a joint media conference in Tehran with the visiting leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in neighbouring Iraq, Massud Barzani.
Salehi was responding to remarks Clinton made on Wednesday to Farsi-language programmes on BBC Farsi and Voice of America (VOA) in which she said Washington was “prepared to engage” with Iran, even as it maintains sanctions.
Salehi was quoted by Iran’s state television website as saying: “We have heard such remarks a lot but unfortunately they are full of contradictions.”
He added that, “on one hand, they express interest in establishing relations, and on the other hand some comments are made (by the Americans) which do not jibe with that.”
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I just hope IRAN has a “Response” prepared when america starts bombing things in Iran.
A few well placed military assets taking down Power lines or water pipes in the US would be an nice response, You bomb us we bomb you.
No dead americans they can spin just a lot of pissed off people in the dark with no water.
With a BIOWEAPON kicker if the amerikans don’t get the hint.