Former Iran president says Tehran should consider ways to restore ties with US
13-04-2003
Iran's former president offered Saturday to help restore ties with the United States. Hashemi Rafsanjani said the nation's Expediency Council, of which he is a member, should consider the issue.
The council advises Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader and an opponent of restoring ties with the United States. Rafsanjani also had opposed those ties since stepping down as president in 1997.
Rafsanjani said "the problem of Iran-U.S. relations" should be resolved, either through a referendum or through a decision by the advisory body. Either way, the final decision would have to be confirmed by Khamenei, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted him as saying. (Albawaba.com) Link