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Obama's secret message: Iran can have civilian n-programme
Saturday April 07, 2012 09:57:22 AM,
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Washington: In a
secret message sent through a foreign leader to Iran's supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Barack Obama hinted
that Tehran can have a civilian nuclear programme if it never
pursues a nuclear weapon, a media report said.
"President Obama has signalled Iran that the United States would
accept an Iranian civilian nuclear programme if Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei can back up his recent public claim that his nation 'will
never pursue nuclear weapons'," the usually authoritative
Washington Post reported.
Khamenei had recently said: "The Iranian nation has never pursued
and will never pursue nuclear weapons. Iran is not after nuclear
weapons because the Islamic Republic, logically, religiously and
theoretically, considers the possession of nuclear weapons a grave
sin and believes the proliferation of such weapons is senseless,
destructive and dangerous."
The daily said the verbal message was sent to Khamenei via Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who recently met Obama and
later visited Tehran.
"A few days before travelling to Iran, Erdogan had held a two-hour
meeting with Obama in Seoul, in which they discussed what Erdogan
would tell the ayatollah about the nuclear issue and Syria," the
report said.
During the meeting, Obama told Erdogan that the Iranians should
realise that time was running out for a peaceful resolution that
Tehran should take advantage of the current window for
negotiations, the report said.
But Obama did not specify whether Iran would be allowed to enrich
uranium domestically, and this delicate issue evidently would be
left for the upcoming talks between Iran and the six world powers,
the report said.
The report said Erdogan is believed to have conveyed Obama's
message to Khamenei when they met in Iran.
According to Xinhua, the six world powers -- Russia, China, US,
Britain, France and Germany -- and Iran are scheduled to meet in
Istanbul April 13-14 for talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear
programme.
Iran recently proposed that Baghdad should also be considered as
the venue for the talks. The issue has not been finalised yet.
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