Iranian President's rival ready to negotiate with U.S.
Former Iranian Prime Minister Mir Hossein Musavi said if he is elected President, he will avoid extremism which has caused harm to the country's national interests.
"I will follow a policy of detente and will try to gain international community's trust and end artificially pessimistic and extremist positions," Musavi said
He said he will negotiate with the United States if the latter doesn't demand too much.
Musavi was Iran's Prime Minister during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. He is staging a serious challenge to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and is now considered one of the leading candidates in the 12 June presidential elections.
"I will follow a policy of detente and will try to gain international community's trust and end artificially pessimistic and extremist positions," Musavi said
He said he will negotiate with the United States if the latter doesn't demand too much.
Musavi was Iran's Prime Minister during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. He is staging a serious challenge to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and is now considered one of the leading candidates in the 12 June presidential elections.
