An article appearing in the print edition of Al Hayat Feb. 19th quotes Iranian President Ahmedinejad as warning Obama, in a speech delivered in Yazd, that he must make real changes to American foreign policy or face a fate worse than Bush–and more quickly: “He who follows the policies of the previous President Bush, will meet his fate.” Chief UN Weapons inspector Mohammed El Baradei, speaking at a conference in Paris, interpreted Ahmedinejad’s remarks to indicate Iran’s feeling that it should be recognized as a major regional power, if not the major regional power. Baradei said further that he believed Iran’s main goal on the nuclear front was to be acknowleged as having being a nuclear power (having “breakout capacity”), even if it did not proceed to the next stage, i.e., manufacture of a nuclear weapon.
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