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Iranian Hard-Liners Reject Any Talks with U.S.


(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink - As Iranians celebrated the annual "Day of Fighting the Global Arrogance," Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the commander of the Basij paramilitary group, told the crowd in front of the former American Embassy in Tehran on Friday: "Hear me now, we condemn all sorts of secret talks!" "The Iranian nation will not resume ties with America. There are conditions for America to re-establish ties with Iran. First, it should behave. It should close its military bases in 50 countries....It should remove its naval ships from the Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean and take them to its own coasts," he added.
2012-11-05 00:00:00
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