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Mon 03 Mar 2009Iran prepared to engage with US, says Khamenei
IRAN’S SUPREME leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei indicated on Saturday that Tehran is prepared to respond positively to US president Barack Obama’s offer of honest engagement with Iran.
“If you change your behaviour, we will change ours,” stated Ayatollah Khamenei, the ultimate arbiter of Iranian policy. He was speaking a day after Mr Obama offered, “respect”, “new beginnings” and recognition of Iran’s “rightful place” in the world in a broadcast on the occasion of Nawroz, the Iranian spring festival.
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