Thursday, June 02, 2005

Brother of Iranian president: Problems with US ”solvable”

Albawaba.com:
Mohammad-Reza Khatami, a prominent Iranian reformist and the brother of the Islamic Republic's president, said on Wednesday that there are many problems regarding Iran-US relations but they are "solvable."

"One of the major challenges facing Iran's foreign policy is relations between Iran and the US; the relations are presently critical with a record of complicated problems; the possibility exists for their settlement, though the problems are enormous," said Khatami, who is also the head of Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF) and the representative of Iranian 9th presidential election candidate Mostafa Moin, IRNA reported.

The first point in this direction is cessation of hostilities and the next step is making use of the opportunities and transition from the current critical stage, added Khatami. According to him, they were thinking on peaceful settlement of differences while maintaining the basic principles.