Ex Iranian leader Khatami says US should stay in Iraq for moment
AFP, September, 2006
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States should stay in Iraq until the Iraqi government has things under control, visiting former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has said in an interview published. "We can't leave this newly formed government at the mercy of terrorists and insurgents," he told USA Today, adding Iran was not the enemy of the United States and both countries shared strategic interests in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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On a private visit for a series of talks, Khatami said that during his years in power from 1997-2005, Iran did not provide weapons to Iraqi Shiites and doubted that it was happening under his successor, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "No one will benefit as much as Iran from peace and stability in Iraq," he said Tuesday. He also urged Tehran and Washington to negotiate over the international crisis caused by Iran's rejection of UN demands to give up uranium enrichment activities, which ...
