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Ahmadinejad: 'US Should Change Its Behavior'
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=136BD27:3919ACA Hard-line Iranian
leader says now is the 'era of thoughts, dialogue and cultural
exchanges' Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he believes all
issues dividing his country and the United States can be resolved if
the Bush administration changes "its behavior."

Mr. Ahmadinejad made the comment during an interview in Tehran with an
American television correspondent Mike Wallace of the CBS television
network.

The full interview will not be broadcast until Sunday, but excerpts
released in advance list a number of Mr. Ahmadinejad's complaints
about the United States. He contends the Bush administration has
adopted a condescending attitude toward Iran, and told his American
visitor: "See how they talk down to my nation."



The Iranian president also expressed disappointment that he never
received a response to a letter he sent to Mr. Bush three months ago.
Tehran described the lengthy message as an important diplomatic
initiative.

In Mr. Ahmadinejad's words, President Bush appears to believe that his
"power emanates from his arsenals of nuclear warheads."

The hard-line Iranian leader says the time of the bomb is in the past,
and now is the "era of thoughts, dialogue and cultural exchanges."


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