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Kharrazi: Iran willing to cooperate if US changes attitude

IRNA

Washington, Sept 25, IRNA -- Iran would be willing to work with the 
United States on a number of issues, including national nuclear 
program, if Washington changes its attitude towards Iran for the 
better, The Washington Post quoted Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi as 
saying. 
In an interview with the daily published Thursday, Kharrazi said 
that his government was willing to sign the additional protocol to 
non-proliferation treaty (NPT). 
He said that the United States, for its part, would have to make 
it clear that signing the additional protocol would end the debate 
over Iran`s nuclear program. 
"We want to make sure the additional protocol would be enough and 
would solve the problem," Kharrazi said. 
"We don`t have anything to hide because we do not have a program 
for producing nuclear weapons. Therefore, we are ready to be quite 
transparent. But we cannot let others deny our rights," he added. 
Meanwhile, Kharrazi told The New York Times he was puzzled by 
Washington`s attitude toward Iran, saying that after the US-led war in
April, the US administration abruptly stopped seeking cooperation with
Iran. 
"When it is decided to mend relations, we are serious about that,"
he said. 
"But the problem is there is no room for that now. The environment
does not allow it because Americans are always trying to suspect us, 
always tried to humiliate us and pressure us." 
"But if they change their minds, if they change their approach and
bring in a new environment for cooperation, we would be ready to work 
with Americans and cooperate," he said. 
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