Obama Administration Wants to Talk to Iran, Despite Its Refusal to Discuss Its Nuclear Program
Monday, September 14, 2009
By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, right, presents foreign diplomats representing the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany a "package of proposals" for new talks with the international community, in Tehran on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration is ready to hold unprecedented, formal talks with Iran despite the fact that the regime’s leaders are adamant that the nuclear issue will not be up for negotiation.
On Sunday, one day after the White House insisted that the U.S. and its partners would “bring up” the nuclear program in the envisaged talks, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again made it clear that Iran considers the issue closed.
“We are ready to hold talks on international cooperation and ways to resolve ongoing economic and security problems in the world, as we believe that such issues cannot be settled without collective participation,” Ahmadinejad said at a meeting with Britain’s new ambassador, who was presenting his credentials in Tehran.
Oh, how sweet. I'm sure Osama will apologize to them too.