www2.irna.ir - 12/8/2008
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Iran - FM - Qashqavi Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that the 'carrot and stick' has been a defeated and unacceptable approach. Talking to reporters, he made the remarks in response to a question on recent remarks made by the US president-elect Barack Obama, who said ...
jpost.com - 12/8/2008
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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hasan Qashqavi, said Monday
that Obama's proposed policy was unacceptable and had failed...
in the past. Qashqavi reiterated Iran's refusal to suspend enrichment Monday and said the US must recognize Iran's "nuclear ...
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Iran rejects Obama's carrot/stick policy
newshoggers.com - 12/5/2008
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newshoggers.com —
By Cernig There's a rapidly developing consensus among
Washington's Very Serious person set that Obama's plans to...
negotiate with Iran should get only one try, and if that fails then the bombing should begin. Today Iran's parliamentary Speaker ...
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D.C. Establishment Pressuring Obama on Iran?
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Iran wants more change
Ben Smith's Blog —
... The official Iranian news agency reports a Foreign Ministry spokesman's comeback to Obama's discussion promise yesterday to use carrots and sticks: ...
Iran's Preconditions
Weekly Standard Blog —
... administration. The Bush administration has made considerable effort to engage Iran, effectively dropping the precondition that Iran halt uranium enrichment prior to any direct diplomacy. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns carried a generous offer of incentives to Iranian officials in Switzerland this summer. The offer was rejected. Perhaps Obama will send his Secretary of State to make a similar appeal, and as a signal of his commitment to a diplomatic solution. But Iran has laid down its own preconditions: ...
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Iran Urges Obama to Change Approach —
NYT > Politics 12/8/2008
Iran said that it would not abandon its nuclear program and urged President-elect Obama to change America’s carrot-and-stick policy toward Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported. >
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