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Iran ready to interact if US is sincere

c99ea4f7f4f210eeb0e4a29a062b7a28_LIran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran is prepared for interaction if Washington shows honesty in its actions.

According to Press TV, Salehi said on Tuesday “If the Americans are sincere in what they say, as we have announced, we will be ready to interact.”
On April 17, a group of 35 former US diplomats, military officers and other officials, from both Republican and Democratic Parties, advised the US administration in a letter to step up diplomatic efforts regarding Iran.
Former Republican Senator Richard Lugar, former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former US Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski were among the individuals who signed the letter.
Referring to the latest negotiations between Iran and the 5+1 group of powers, Salehi said that EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton agreed to inform Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili of the outcome of her subsequent talks with the foreign ministers of the 5+1 group (Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany), but unfortunately failed to do so.
The Iranian foreign minister further said expressing readiness for interaction only for publicity purposes and not taking any action is a “serious mistake.”

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