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    OBAMAS SECRET MESSAGE TO ERDOGAN ON IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM

    Tert.am
    07.04.12

    In a secret message sent through a foreign leader to Iran's supreme
    leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Barack Obama hinted that
    Tehran can have a civilian nuclear programme if it never pursues a
    nuclear weapon, The Economic Times said, citing a media report.

    "President Obama has signalled Iran that the United States would accept
    an Iranian civilian nuclear programme if Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
    can back up his recent public claim that his nation 'will never pursue
    nuclear weapons'," the usually authoritative Washington Post reported.

    Khamenei had recently said: "The Iranian nation has never pursued
    and will never pursue nuclear weapons. Iran is not after nuclear
    weapons because the Islamic Republic, logically, religiously and
    theoretically, considers the possession of nuclear weapons a grave
    sin and believes the proliferation of such weapons is senseless,
    destructive and dangerous."

    The daily said the verbal message was sent to Khamenei via Turkish
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who recently met Obama and later
    visited Tehran.

    "A few days before travelling to Iran, Erdogan had held a two-hour
    meeting with Obama in Seoul, in which they discussed what Erdogan would
    tell the ayatollah about the nuclear issue and Syria," the report said.

    During the meeting, Obama told Erdogan that the Iranians should realise
    that time was running out for a peaceful resolution that Tehran should
    take advantage of the current window for negotiations, the report said.

    But Obama did not specify whether Iran would be allowed to enrich
    uranium domestically, and this delicate issue evidently would be
    left for the upcoming talks between Iran and the six world powers,
    the report said.

    The report said Erdogan is believed to have conveyed Obama's message
    to Khamenei when they met in Iran.

    According to Xinhua, the six world powers -- Russia, China, US,
    Britain, France and Germany -- and Iran are scheduled to meet
    in Istanbul April 13-14 for talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear
    programme.

    Iran recently proposed that Baghdad should also be considered as the
    venue for the talks. The issue has not been finalised yet.


    From: Baghdasarian
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