Posted on 10/10/2004 6:01:16 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
LONDON, Oct 10 (IranMania) - A senior Iranian official Sunday denied a report which said Tehran would welcome Senator John Kerry`s proposal for a 'great bargain' to solve dispute over Iran's nuclear program, Iran's State News Agency (IRNA) reported.
"US presidential candidate John Kerry`s proposal is part of his electoral campaigning and we are not interested in being drawn into such issues," head of the foreign policy committee at Iran`s Supreme National Security Council Hossein Mousavian said.
Reuters news agency had quoted him as having welcomed the proposal, virtually made by vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards.
Edwards had said that Kerry would be willing to supply Iran with nuclear fuel for power generation if Tehran abandons its own fuel-making capability and if Iran did not accept this offer, it would confirm Iran wanted to make an atom bomb.
In a fax sent to IRNA, Mousavian said, "Reuters news agency has filed a news as if I had welcomed Kerry`s proposal. "But we are rejecting direct negotiations with Washington about Iran`s nuclear program due to the United States` antagonistic policies."
Flip-flopping has spread to another ant-American entity.
How do you say FLIP - FLOP in Iranese? ;>)
We'll give you free stuff if you promise not to build nukes.
Worked really well last time didn't it?
"Iranese?"
lol. That would be more correctly referred to as Persian.
'Flip-flop' isn't a Persian word or term, so you can just say flip-flop.
'Iranese' was an attempt at humor. I assumed the ;>) at the end would indicate such, obviously it did not. I thought 'Fahrsi" (sp?) was the langage of Iran.
I know you were being funny. That's why I lol'd.
Persian is the preferred name for the language.
Parsi is also fine, but not used much.
Farsi, is the Arabic word for Parsi (arabs don't have "P" sound in their alphabet or language), and although it is used a lot, it isn't what many Persians like the language to be called.
(btw - since arabs don't have "P" in their alphabet, they can't say words with 'p' very well. So, instead of asking for Pepsi, they say 'bebsi'. :~ )
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Oh, Then I guess it would be FLIB-FLOB.
Thanks for the linguistics lesson.
"FLIB-FLOB"
lol. Hadn't thought of that. Yes, for an arab who hasn't been able to master the "p" sound, it probably would.
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