USA vs. Iran

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'US to expand military presence in PG'
Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:7AM GMT
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With a particular focus on “the threat of a belligerent Iran,” the report says, the US administration is also seeking to expand military ties with the six members of the [P]GCC, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

While the United States has close bilateral military relationships with each, the administration and the US military are making additional efforts to foster a new “security architecture” for the Persian Gulf that would integrate air and naval patrols and missile defense, the report added.
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Salehi: US not ready for Iran ties
Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:14AM GMT

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has reiterated Tehran's continued desire to establish diplomatic ties with all countries except the “Zionist regime” (Israel), adding that the US is not yet prepared for resuming ties with the Islamic Republic.

“It seems that the time for establishing relations with the US has not yet arrived since the Americans still speak arrogantly with arrogance and a logic of [superior] power,” said Salehi in a joint press conference on Saturday with visiting President of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzani in Tehran, IRNA reported.

Salehi insisted that Tehran will only engage in negotiations with Washington on an equal footing, expressing optimism that the US will one day follow reason and good sense in its foreign policy, in which case “most of the problems across the globe would be resolved.”
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