Iran leader suggests U.S. ties possible in future
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Iran's supreme leader suggested on Thursday that ties might one day be possible with the United States, the Islamic state's arch foe for almost three decades, although he said it would harm Iran to restore relations now.
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If the United States were to attack Iran, the country would respond by striking U.S. interests all over the world, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday.
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The United States is ready to meet with Iran and other nations for talks on Tehran&#039;s nuclear ambitions if the Islamic republic gives up uranium enrichment, diplomats said Wednesday.
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Iran says it is close to restoring diplomatic ties with Egypt, ending a 30-year freeze in relations.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the international incentive offer to curtail his nation&#039;s nuclear program was a &amp;quot;step forward&amp;quot; that would be carefully considered.
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MUNICH, Feb. 11 -- Facing the prospect of broader international sanctions, Iran's president and national security chief on Sunday offered to resume negotiations over their country's nuclear program and eased up on some of the contentious  rhetoric of the past, including threats to destroy Israel.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday and pledged to strengthen the alliance between their countries, which are both under U.S.-led pressure.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday that Iran would defend its nuclear program, describing his country as a potential role model for others trying to develop advanced technology.
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Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday just hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran is open to talks on its nuclear programme.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog meets Iranian leaders on Saturday to push for swifter cooperation in resolving questions about the Islamic Republic's atomic activity, which the West fears will be used to make bombs.
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Iran&#039;s former parliament speaker on Saturday urged direct talks with the United States to break down the &quot;walls of mistrust,&quot; but said Tehran would not give up the right to produce nuclear fuel and pursue other technological advances.
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Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has said Iran is ready to reach an agreement over its nuclear programme. Mr Khatami was speaking ahead of talks on Friday with European negotiators.
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Iran will "remove obstacles" blocking negotiations with the United States if Washington shows good will, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani said Wednesday.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday he was willing to improve relations with the United States but that the moment was not right because it would make his country more vulnerable to U.S. espionage.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday he could envisage the Islamic Republic resuming diplomatic ties with the United States one day but that many hurdles remained to normal relations.
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Former Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona says he wants to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading U.S. foe, local media reported on Monday.