ALI KHAMENEI SEES NO CHANGE IN U.S. ATTITUDE TO IRAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.03.2009 22:21 GMT+04:00
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has demanded concrete
policy changes from the US as the price for new relations between
the two states, BBC reported.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had seen no change in America’s attitude
or policy, singling out US support for Israel and sanctions against
Iran. But he also said that if President Barack Obama altered the US
position, Iran was prepared to follow suit.
President Obama on Thursday offered "a new beginning" in relations
with Iran. He made the offer in a video message to Iran’s leaders
and people seen as a dramatic break with the approach of George W
Bush’s administration.
Speaking to a large crowd in the holy city of Mashhad, Ayatollah
Khamenei said Iran had "no experience with the new American government
and the new American president".
"We will observe them and we will judge," he said. "If you change
your attitude, we will change our attitude."
In the speech, which was carried live by Iranian television, he said
Iran was yet to see such a change.
"What is the change in your policy?" he asked. "Did you remove the
sanctions? Did you stop supporting the Zionist regime? Tell us what
you have changed. Change only in words is not enough."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
