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July 18, 2009

Iran's Nuclear Chief Calls for Mutual Trust with West
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Ali Akbar Salehi says he hopes West will make more efforts to end 'last
six years of hostility' 
Ali Akbar Salehi (file photo)Iran's newly-appointed nuclear energy chief
Saturday called for an end
to hostilities between his country and the West, and renewed efforts to
build trust. A day after he was appointed to the post, Ali Akbar
Salehi said he hopes the West will make more efforts to end what he
called "the last six years of hostility."Salehi is Iran's
former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was
educated at the American University of Beirut, and holds a doctorate
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an esteemed U.S.
university. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed Salehi to
lead the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran after the former chief
Gholam Reza Aghazadeh abruptly resigned. During the recent
summit of the Group of Eight leading world powers, U.S. President
Barack Obama warned Iran that the world is giving it until September to
comply with U.N. resolutions over its nuclear program.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP.


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