Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urges Barack Obama to see Iran as friend
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend and has said that he will seek leniency for three American hikers who strayed across the Iranian border.
Tehran, Jan 21 Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari has said that US President Barack Obama must fulfil the promises he made regarding Iran during his campaign if he is to revive ties between the two countries, Iran's IRNA news agency reported Wednesday.He added that Iran will accept no preconditions for talks over its nuclear issue.