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Scott Peterson writes: "For 27 years, the rhetorical swordplay between the US and Iran has been unrelenting. Iran portrays its latest thrust in the ongoing row with the West, an unprecedented letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush, as a 'new diplomatic opening.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006A.shtml

"Trifft deutsche Unternehmen": Deutsch-Iranische Handelskammer lehnt Sanktionen gegen Teheran ab (10.05.06)

Der Geschäftsführer der Deutsch-Iranischen Handelskammer, Michael Tockuss, bezweifelt, dass Wirtschaftssanktionen Iran dazu bewegen können, von seinem Atomprogramm abzulassen. "Ich halte es für sehr fraglich, ob sie helfen, die politische Position Irans im Atomstreit zu verändern", sagte er der "Financial Times Deutschland". Die iranische Wirtschaft sei "krisenerprobt und lebt seit Jahren mit einseitigen Sanktionen der USA".

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=13569

Detroit Free Press

05/09/06

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's abrupt dismissal of a letter from Iran's president might only strengthen hardline attitudes and mistrust of America, some Iranians warned Tuesday. As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began a high-profile visit to a key Muslim country, Indonesia, a former top Iranian official said Rice's response will give new justification to those who oppose ties with the U.S. Iran's former ambassador to France, Sadeq Kharrazi, said the letter -- the first from an Iranian head of state to an American president in 27 years -- 'could have been a turning point in relations.' But he said Rice squandered the opportunity with what he called a 'hasty reaction'...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Kucinich wrote, "Any military deployment to Iran would constitute an urgent matter of national significance. I urge you to report immediately to Congress on all activities involving American forces in Iran."

http://tinyurl.com/gq8cs


From Information Clearing House

Ahmadinejad defined Russia as an ally and the relations between Tehran and Moscow – as “friendly and constantly developing”.

http://tinyurl.com/fqe4v


From Information Clearing House

Mr George Bush,

President of the United States of America

For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena -- which are being constantly debated, specially in political forums and amongst university students. Many questions remain unanswered. These have prompted me to discuss some of the contradictions and questions, in the hopes that it might bring about an opportunity to redress them.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12984.htm