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Iran wants to be allied with America again: Rouhani

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obama rouhani pen palsIranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said it’s possible for his country and the United States to become allies again.

Rouhani has been in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum. He spoke to Swiss TV station RTS Television about Iran’s relationship with America.

The interviewer asked Rouhani whether the U.S. would eventually be able to reopen an embassy in Tehran. For more than three decades, U.S. officials have used Swiss diplomats based in Iran as intermediaries.

“No animosity lasts eternally; no friendship either lasts eternally. So we have to transform animosities into friendship,” Rouhani told the TV network, according to Reuters. He spoke in Farsi, which was translated into French for the news outlet.

An Iranian Journalist climbs the stairs inside the former US embassy in downtown Tehran. Painted on the walls are anti-American murals
An Iranian Journalist climbs the stairs inside the former US embassy in downtown Tehran. Painted on the walls are anti-American murals

America’s old embassy in the capital of Tehran was taken over in 1979 at the height of the Iranian revolution. Last month, CBS News filmed a story on the building that showed the facility had been turned into an anti-American museum.

Rouhani was elected in June and has been regarded as one of Iran’s more moderate leaders. He agreed to initiate talks with the U.S. and its allies on Iran’s nuclear program. The six-month interim deal that freezes the program took effect on Monday.

“No animosity lasts eternally; no friendship either lasts eternally. So we have to transform animosities into friendship,” Rouhani told the TV network

Rouhani was in Davos, he said, to encourage other countries to consider investing in Iran again. As a result of U.S. and other foreign sanctions, Iran’s economy has taken a hit in the last few years.

“This effort is necessary to create confidence on both sides. Iran is in fact stretching out its hand in peace and friendship to all countries of the world and wants friendly, good relations with all countries in the world,” Rouhani said.

Iran and the U.S. had previously been allies for nearly four decades after the 1940s.

The Hill

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16 responses to “Iran wants to be allied with America again: Rouhani”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    ” … friendly, good relations with all ..” when they are becoming Shiite Muslim.
    I’ll say one thing. When those Iranian Presidents get away from Iran, they sure come up with some doosies. 😉

    1. MekensehParty Avatar
      MekensehParty

      They’re just afraid. They thought they threw the Americans out of the region only to find out that al-Qaeda is now surrounding them and fighting them on all fronts. Of course, an alliance with the US becomes essential now.
      Interesting to see how they’re going to de-demonize alshaytanoulakabar in order to form that alliance…

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Too many years of brain-washing the little Satans about the Great Satans. They won’t succeed. Might even decide El Supremo is off his nut, and find El Grande Supremo. :-)))

        1. MekensehParty Avatar
          MekensehParty

          El-supremo bowed and is now hiding in shame..

        2. MekensehParty Avatar
          MekensehParty

          The brainwash partially worked, in some cases it backfired.

      2. IraniAngel Avatar
        IraniAngel

        the only great satan in the world is islamic fanatism

        1. MekensehParty Avatar
          MekensehParty

          That was really fast

    2. IraniAngel Avatar
      IraniAngel

      as much as i hate this regime i dont think they aim imposing islam on everybody. in fact it is the other way around they aim making all ppl hate islam like they do with the iranians. in the past 89 % of the iranians were shiites, but that isnt the case any more thanks to this regime, so basically i dont think u have to worry about this

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Personally, I never did. Not in a country with a proper democracy.
        But we see there’s a lot of ‘angst’ over attempts by ‘a few’ to have a ‘sharia system’ in smaller neighbourhoods, where they can cause splits in societies, and screw up a country in the end ….
        Need examples? 😉

    3. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      Iranian diplomat is heckled in Geneva conference. Youtube video link bellow
      /watch?v=4oYKRPQvnFY

  2. barabie Avatar
    barabie

    Haha the truth is slowly coming out. They’ve been working together behind closed doors for years and now the plan is to bring it out in the open.

    1. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      Its is because the sunnis trashed them in to the loony bin. Now Iran the loser dont have a reason to hide its ugly face. Mark my word …The Iranian will also openly work with Israel soon enough because those anti Israeli slogan are nothing but craps and they are totally exposed in Syria. It is possible that Bashar might run towards Israeli border towards the sea of Galilee where he will be captured and killed. This is from the prophesy but its my interpretation and not conclusive.

      1. man-o-war Avatar
        man-o-war

        Your prophecy again, funny. Did you see it at the bottom of a coffee cup?

      2. barabie Avatar
        barabie

        I’m not sure I agree that it’s happening coz the Sunnis thrashed them. I’m of the opposite opinion. And the Iranians and Israelis have been in Iraq for a number of years now but not sure if they have been working together or not. I hope assaad doesn’t get killed but is captured and made to answer for all his crimes.

  3. IraniAngel Avatar
    IraniAngel

    yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay :DDDDD

  4. hvaiallverden Avatar
    hvaiallverden

    I sincerly hope that this comes thure and became a point of prosperety for us all, nothing is better than that.
    BUT

    Weird isnt it, to read some of the coments about Iran, and even wurse, history.
    hehe
    Its so flawed and backward, ist difficould to find a starting point, to describe Iran, the land of Persians.
    Islam isnt the ONLY religion in Iran, even Zoroastrism is stil alive, but you propbably knew thei dint you, american.
    And the 3 largest “jewish” population in the world.
    That is originaly and they say it them selfs, 100% Iranians.
    And they are the oldest of them all, equall to the levante.
    But you did know this to, dint you.
    WHY arent they in the so caled MSM, american, ever stuck you as od.

    huh

    Iran is and have been in the center of the know world for milleniums, they arent amatours nor stupid, but carefull anouf to dont start a war againt a paranoic 800 pound Gorrila on steroids and boose, in the rom, huh, nobody with a, or even with a partly functional braincell left inside their scull, will do sutch a thing, but to behave as gentlemen/women and talk with a sane woice to the druling Gorilla.
    Iran havent attaced anyone for centurys, uSSa have attaced another country every years since it as created, and YOU talk about Iran, american, the fact is that whats been outlined is comon knowledge in the rest of the globe, but in the land of the meek and the lame, where wisdom is scears, this is not even known at all.
    You dont know shitt, american about anyone, even my land is a total tabula rase for even a “well educated”/indoctrinated pesants from the prison camp uSSa.

    huh
    f….. id…

    peace

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