World press on Iranian nuclear crisis (September 13, 2013)

The Jerusalem Post published an article by Michael Wilner devoted to the situation surrounding the Iranian nuclear programme. 

 

"The US is ready and willing to negotiate directly with Iran over its nuclear program “quickly” – but no such talks have yet been scheduled, and are unlikely before the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of the month," the article begins.

 

"National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan told The Jerusalem Post that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration presents an “opportunity” for dialogue on the matter of Iran’s nuclear program, should Iran choose to change its position "quickly," the author writes.

 

"Should this new government choose to engage substantively and seriously to meet its international obligations and find a peaceful solution to this issue," Meehan is quoted as saying by the Jerusalem Post, "it will find a willing partner in the United States."

 

"While US officials will be carefully watching Rouhani’s speech at the General Assembly – it will be his first, and whether the US delegation chooses to walk out, as it did repeatedly during president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tenure, is considered by US officials a significant diplomatic decision – few expect a bilateral meeting between Rouhani’s team and its US counterpart,"  the article reads.

 

"On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported a letter exchange between US President Barack Obama and Rouhani in recent weeks, "tentatively laying the groundwork for potential face-to-face talks between the two governments," the author writes.

"Rouhani said on Tuesday that the time for resolving Iran’s nuclear dispute with the West was limited, and urged the world to seize the opportunity of his election," the article reads. "He said he would meet with the foreign ministers from some of the six powers – Russia, China, France, Britain, the United States and Germany– when he attends the General Assembly."