US statesmen should abandon threats, ultimatums

29 July 2008

Tehran-President of Islamic Republic of Iran said here Monday US would suffer losses if it would continue the path it has pave for past 50 years, adding, "If they wish to cooperate with Iranian nation they should end using language of threats and ultimatums.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the comment in an interview with the American NBC TV station, reiterating, "The entire world nations, particularly the world elites are displeased with the status quo of the world today, because the ongoing conditions are contrary to the human beings' prestige and such conditions are beneath the peoples' dignity."

He added, "The shadow of fear, enmity, discrimination and injustice is cast over the human society today, and under such conditions it is quite natural that those who truly care for the mankind and their well being, or for peace and progress of the world nations try to change such an undesirable status quo."

The President said that any fundamental change in the situation of the world is in need for thorough understanding of the root causes of the problems, reiterating, "Looking at the world and the status of human beings through a materialist pair of glasses would lead to adopting a unilateral approach, devoid of the teachings of the prophets and the human values, leading to the current status of the world today."

He added, "The solution to such problems is changing the direction of the mankind towards embracing the values and the teachings of the prophets, in which case the world would be filled with love, peace and friendship and the roots of the people's entire problems would be dried."

The president emphasized, "In order to reach that desirable position, all those who care for the fate of the mankind are obliged to do their best, and that is the abstract of the Iranian nation's massage for the world nations, including the Americans."

The CNN reporter asked whether President Ahmadinejad's message for the world and for the Americas is a message of cooperation, or one of an antagonist encounter.

Ahmadinejad replied, "What a coincidence! That is the question we would like to ask the US statesmen. Which approach do they wish to adopt towards the Iranian nation? Of course the US politicians have been adopting an antagonist stand against the Iranian nation during the past 50 years, and our nation has got used to it, adapting their lives to it."

The IRI President reiterated, "We are now witnessing new moves on the part of the US statesmen, and the question is whether this change of attitude is the prelude for adopting a polite approach based on the rules of justice, or merely a facade for the same old antagonist approach and encountering the Iranian nation packed and presented in a new wrapping?"

To a question on Iran's response to the the so called 5+1's fortnight moratorium for Tehran at Geneva Conference, he said, "That was not what we understood from Geneva talks."

He added, "In that session both the 5+1 and we presented our packages and the talks were focused on a shared work plan. It is quite natural that as a first step the talks needed to be focused on shared points of the two packages, and if the two sides would reach consensus, that would pave the path for agreeing over the points of difference of opinions."