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Tehran waiting for US policy change

TEHRAN - Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that Tehran was waiting for changes in the US policies.
\"With a conservative attitude, we are awaiting changes in the US policies. Comments of the US officials on the issue are not enough,\" Larijani told Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos in Madrid.
Larijani said no definite plan has yet been observed on the US part and \"had we had such a plan for settlement of problems, we could have made better comments on the future trend of cooperation between the two countries.\"
On Europe\'s role in solving the Middle East problems, he said, \"Europe can play a positive role in connection with the issue on condition that all parties be officially recognized and taken into consideration in the dialogues. In this respect, role of Hamas elected government should be definitely taken into consideration. And as a requisite for settlement of the Middle East problems, all doors should be opened so that people would live their ordinary life and the ground would be prepared for holding effective talks to get out of the current stalemate.\"
On Afghanistan problem, the two sides agree that the strategies adopted so far to solve the problem have not been effective, so they should be revised and that military option should be avoided.
\"If foreign forces present in Afghanistan are ready to present a new solution, the Islamic Republic of Iran too will be ready to contribute to settlement of the problem with a new approach,\" Larijani said.
As for Iraq, Larijani said Iraq experience has been a one-sided one. \"Iran s ready to provide necessary assistance for establishment of political stability in Iraq as before.\" he added.
They also announced Iran\'s willingness for bilateral political and parliamentary relations with Spain.
In another development, Larijani and former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales here on Sunday evening discussed issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held on the sidelines of a banquet hosted by Gonzales in Larijani\'s honor. The latest regional and international developments, including Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, as well as situation in Iraq and Afghanistan were reviewed by the two officials.
Iran\'s peaceful nuclear activities and Tehran-Madrid economic cooperation were among other topics discussed in the meeting.
In a meeting with Iranian residents in Spain, Larijani said on Sunday that Iran is not a country to be threatened easily. The Speaker referred to the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran as one of the exceptional developments of the country\'s contemporary history.


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