You say that you want to talk to the American people.

Are you prepared to sit down eventually and talk to the American government about the

issues that you have just mentioned tonight that separate the divide you?

Firstly, nothing should prevent dialogue and understanding between two nations, especially

between their scholars and thinkers.

Right now I recommend the exchange of professors, writers, scholars, artists, journalists and

tourists.

A large number of educated and noble Iranians now reside in the United States as representatives

of the Iranian nation.

This shows that there is no hostility between the two nations, but the dialogue between

civilizations and nations are different from political relations.

In regard to political relations, we have to consider the factors which lead to the severance

of relations.

If someday another situation is to emerge, we must definitely consider the roots and relevant

factors and try to eliminate them.

Firstly, I have to state that the United States foreign policy behavior toward Iran has

inflicted damages upon us, but it also had a positive effect.

It caused us to mainly focus on our own domestic capabilities and resources to advance our objectives.

Now, too, we feel no need for ties within the United States, especially as the modern world

is so diverse and plural that we can reach our objectives without any United States systems.

I especially feel that many progressive countries, including the Europeans, are far more advanced

in their foreign policy than the United States.

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