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Mullahs ask U.S. to thaw relations [Iran]
Reuters, by way of the Persian Journal ^
| Jan 19, 2004
| None given
Posted on 01/19/2004 5:27:13 PM PST by Eala
A senior Iranian official has called on the United States to take more concrete steps towards Iran following its temporary suspension of some sanctions.
President George W. Bush last month eased some U.S. sanctions on Iran for 90 days to speed up humanitarian assistance to victims of Iran's December 26 Bam earthquake, which killed more than 40,000 people. That move, combined with the first direct U.S. aid to Iran since the two countries severed relations 24 years ago, signalled a faint thaw in their frosty relationship.
Mohammad Hossein Adeli, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, suggested Bush could follow up by allowing U.S. companies led by oil and gas firms do business with Iran. "They (the United States) don't have to do anything for Iran, they can do it for American companies that are so enthusiastic about tapping the Iranian market," Adeli told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
He said Tehran was still unsure how to interpret U.S. humanitarian aid for Bam. "We are not sure if it is a signal or not, it depends on whether it is going to be supported by other practical measures," Adeli said.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bush; iran; mullahs; olivebranch
Note to Adeli: It's not a signal. It was an effort to help some of the ordinary people that you and yours have so cruelly mistreated. It was not lost (it better not be!) on this administration that the Americans in Bam received roses, but the mullahs only curses.
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:27:16 PM PST
by
Eala
To: Eala
Thaw relations with the mullahs? Okay. You want we should use boiling water or a blowtorch?
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:28:49 PM PST
by
wizardoz
("Crikey! I've lost my mojo!")
To: wizardoz
LOL! Boiling oil?
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:30:41 PM PST
by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: wizardoz
You want we should use boiling water or a blowtorch? Boiling water? Oh you!!!! Boiling oil ...
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:30:50 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Help Bring Colly-fornia Back ...)
To: BunnySlippers
We seem to have a consensus building...
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:32:12 PM PST
by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: LibreOuMort
ping
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:33:29 PM PST
by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: wizardoz
You have to thaw a Mullah before you can flush it...
To: reagan_fanatic
You have to thaw a Mullah before you can flush it...
Holy hate-speech, Batman! :)
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:37:07 PM PST
by
anonymous_user
("A vote is like a rifle: Its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." - Teddy Roosevelt)
To: wizardoz
how about the high tech high altitude re entry method. we'll give him some technology by sending him up to the hubble telescope to let him guide er in.
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:39:25 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(.50 cal border fence)
To: wizardoz
Nope. A smelting furnace. :-)
To: Viking2002
Bush now cut off all aid to iran now.a taxpayer.
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:43:32 PM PST
by
jocko12
To: Eala
We make a gesture out of humanity to Iran, and the Mullahs, instead of viewing it positively and thanking us, view the aid with suspicion and
suggest that we owe them another gesture to see if we're sincere!
Sorry Mullahman....its your move!
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posted on
01/19/2004 5:53:34 PM PST
by
HardStarboard
(Dump Wesley Clark.....he worries me as much as Hillary!)
To: Eala
"Adeli, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, suggested Bush could follow up by allowing U.S. companies led by oil and gas firms do business with Iran. "They (the United States) don't have to do anything for Iran, they can do it for American companies that are so enthusiastic about tapping the Iranian market"
LOL!!
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:35:32 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( "It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.")
To: Eala
Thaw this Mohammed, you Islamist pig!
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:49:47 PM PST
by
freedomcrusader
(Proudly wearing the politically incorrect label "crusader" since 1/29/2001)
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