Rouhani to show Iran's 'true face' at U.N., seek sanctions relief

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani embarked on a five-day visit to New York on Monday with a vow to press for sanctions relief by showing the peaceful and cultured "true face" of Iran at the annual U.N. General Assembly, Iranian news agencies reported.

The newly inaugurated president hinted at a mission of damage control, alluding to the combative and incendiary posture of his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“Unfortunately in recent years the face of Iran, a great and civilized nation, has been presented in another way,” the official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Rouhani as saying as he prepared to depart Tehran's international airport for New York. “I and my colleagues will take the opportunity to present the true face of Iran as a cultured and peace-loving nation.”

Rouhani urged the United States and its allies to negotiate with Iran to resolve differences over its nuclear program, rather than maintaining the crippling sanctions imposed for Tehran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-iran-un-rouhani-nuclear-sanctions-prisoners-20130923,0,6439321.story

[WatermelonRat]

1. I have a favorable impression of Rouhani himself

but it's important to remember that he's not the one who's really in charge of Iran. Khamenei and the Guardian Council are the ones who are really in charge.

Still, if a deal can be worked out with him, it will be a good thing, and not just in terms of resolving the nuclear issue. If a moderate leader is seen as having accomplished more than hardliners like Ahmadinejad, it will have a positive effect on Iranian society.

[jessie04]

2. Blah, Blah, Blah....Bullshit.

Talk is cheap Hassan...

Open up ALL your nuclear sites to the IAEA !
Lets see that newly found nuclear site.

I guess we are are all supposed to be warm and fuzzy over those lovely words.

Sorry, we are not that stupid.




Oh btw, there was a Holocaust.