Politics
Obama, Israel and Iran’s nuclear ambitions
On Tuesday, the American president said diplomacy can still resolve the nuclear crisis and accused his Republican critics of “beating the drums of war.”
Obama added that the Iranians need to show how serious they are about resolving the crisis. He said there are steps the Iranians can take “that are verifiable” and will allow the country to be “in compliance with international norms and mandates.”
But Khamenei had criticism for Obama as well. The Iranian leader said the economic sanctions pushed by the U.S. and other nations as a way to get Iran to alter its nuclear program would fail.
He said the U.S. president has continued a policy of wanting the Iranian nation to “…bow through imposing sanctions.”
Khamenei said resorting to the sanctions was a sign of misunderstanding and an unrealistic approach by the U.S. toward the Iranian nation.
The Iranian leader warned that the misunderstanding will damage American leaders: “It will lead their calculations to failure.”
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
