Iran Signals Willingness to Work With US

By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 15, 2009 10:43 AM CDT
Iran Signals Willingness to Work With US
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor.   (AP Photo)

Iran's president said today he is willing to build a new relationship with the United States, adding that he is preparing new proposals aimed at breaking the impasse with the West over his country's nuclear program. "The Iranian nation is a generous nation," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a rally. "It may forget the past and start a new era, but any country speaking on the basis of selfishness will get the same response the Iranian nation gave to Mr. Bush."

Ahmadinejad spoke a day after the Obama administration said its immediate goal is to get Iran back to nuclear negotiations. "Today we are preparing a new package. Once it becomes ready, we will present that package," Ahmadinejad said. "It is a package that constitutes peace and justice throughout the globe and also respects other nations' rights." He reminded the US that "you can't make any progress through bullying policies." (More President Obama stories.)

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