Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Islamic
Republic of Iran
President
Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Apology Would Be Real 'Change'
What would it take for Iran and the
United States to resume normal diplomatic relations? Judging from this news
item from state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thinks that aside from speaking more nicely than
Bush and 'relinquishing unconditional support for the illegitimate,
child-killing Zionist regime,' an apology would go a long way. An apology for
what, you might ask?:
"America held us back for
25 years, ushering in poverty and illiteracy in our nation … They backed a
despotic ruler (the Shah) and stood against the nation's call for independence
and committed other crimes, such as: conducting espionage in their embassy;
attacking Tabas City; making a coup attempt;
supporting bands of terrorists; supporting (Iraqi dictator) Saddam Hussein and
assisting him in the eight-year war he imposed on Iran; shooting down Iran Air
Flight 655 (290 passengers were murdered).
Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: In addition to seeking an American apology on
Tuesday, one of his close aides announced that he'll be running for a
second term in the spring election.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Wednesday that the new U.S. administration's spoken motto of
"change" is a welcomed one, adding, however, that claims about a
change in U.S. policy will only be proven when words are translated into
action.
President Ahmadinejad was
speaking to people in Kermanshah Province on Wednesday, where he was following
up on development projects he approved during a visit to the province last
year.
"In light of the fact
that the policies of the Bush Administration were immoral, inhuman and against
the teachings of the Divine Messengers, the stated desire for change of the new
American government is welcomed" the President said. "But change can
be of only two kinds, substantial or tactical. If it is the latter form, only
the rhetoric changes," the President noted, adding that if this
"change" proved to be merely tactical, other nations would quickly
stand against the new policies.
President Ahmadinejad then
made it clear that substantial changes in relations would take place only if a
number of key Bush policies were reversed, including the rhetoric of
superiority embraced by the former president.
"A major problem with
the Bush Administration was its domineering approach toward other nations. It
tended to treat other states as second class and spoke to them as though they
were debtors, and the U.S. a creditor," the President added. "Only if
the government abandons its domineering policies would change would be
meaningful. If rhetoric of the bully resumes, that will show that no change has
occurred."
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The President then said he
deplored the way American authorities meddle with the internal affairs of other
states:
"If they
speak of change, then why do they interfere in the domestic affairs of other
nations'?" he inquired. "A real change in policy would be [for the
U.S.] to relinquish unconditional support for the illegitimate and
child-killing Zionist regime, and let the Palestinian nation decide its own
fate," the President added.
Touching on U.S. interference
in Iran's domestic affairs over recent decades, the President condemned
America.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS TO THE
MUSLIM WORLD
"Those who say they want
to change their policies must take note that for over 60 years,
successive American governments have stood against the Iranian nation. He also
said that the U.S. government wrested Iran of its oil wealth and left in its
place a Satanic intelligence force called SAVAK, which, supported by America, persecuted and tortured
young people and scholars in its dungeons. [Editor's Note: SAVAK
was the Iran's domestic security and intelligence service from 1957 to 1979..]
"America held us back
for 25 years, ushering in poverty and illiteracy in our nation," the
President said with regret. "They backed a despotic ruler (the Shah ) and stood
against the nation's call for independence and committed other crimes, such as:
conducting espionage in their embassy ; attacking Tabas City; making a coup attempt; supporting bands of
terrorists; supporting (Iraqi dictator) Saddam Hussein and assisting him in the
eight-year war he imposed on Iran ;
shooting down Iran Air Flight 655 (290 passengers were murdered ),"
the President recalled.
"At one point, they have
even expressed the wish to uproot the Iranian nation," the President said,
adding that it was impudent for a state in possession of over 10,000 nuclear
bombs to feign concern over and stand against the Iranian peoples' scientific
nuclear drive.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seeks an
apology
from the Obama Administration for past
American policy,
The president then suggested
that a first step toward a genuine change in policy would be to apologize to
the Iranian nation, and attempt to make up for these crimes.
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The president finished off by
saying that Iran would welcome any genuine change. But he also expressed a word
of caution.
"They [the Obama
Administration] should note that if they continue Bush's bullying and
aggressive rhetoric, our nation's response will be the same as it was to Bush
and his cronies."
