TEHRAN A series of good-will gestures and hints of new diplomatic flexibility from Irans ruling establishment was capped on Wednesday by the highest-level statement yet that the countrys new leaders are pushing for a compromise in negotiations over their disputed nuclear program. In a near staccato burst of pronouncements, statements and speeches ...

In a Tuesday meeting with senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (Sepah), the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stated two issues in Irans internal and foreign policy grounds in an unprecedented clear-cut tone: that the Sepah should not necessarily step in political affairs of the country and that the he would favor a heroic ...

[caption id="attachment_22982" align="alignright" width="180"] Ayatollah Khamenei[/caption] Islamabad, Sept 18, IRNA - Pakistani media on Wednesday gave wide coverage to the remarks of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that flexibility is sometimes necessary in diplomacy. Daily Times reported that Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

On September 17, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Revolutionary Guards commanders that he is not opposed to more flexible engagement with the outside world. I am not against proper political moves in diplomacy. I believe in what was named many years ago as heroic flexibility, Khamenei said. Flexibility in certain circumstances is positive ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A prominent Iranian legislator called on the countrys team of nuclear negotiators to adopt the attitude of heroic flexibility in the next round of talks over Irans peaceful nuclear program. The nuclear team should go to the negotiating table with the attitude of heroic flexibility, Mohammad Hassan Asafari, who sits on the Iranian ...

TEHRAN Irans supreme leader seemed to put his authority behind Irans moderate new president on Tuesday, calling for heroic leniency in navigating the countrys diplomatic dispute with the West. The president, Hassan Rouhani, was elected in June on a moderate platform of ending the nuclear standoff with the West and increasing personal freedoms. In ...

SUMMARY:Even by the standards of the Supreme Leaders vivid rhetoric, his Tuesday speech to Revolutionary Guards commanders was especially colorful. Ayatollah Khamenei advocated heroic flexibility, while advising, A wrestler, who shows flexibility over technical reasons, should not forget who his opponent and enemy is. The Supreme Leader emphasized ...

TEHRAN Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday that his country should embrace diplomacy over militarism, saying it was time for heroic leniency, and signaled his embrace of international outreach efforts by new President Hassan Rouhani. Although Khamenei said the Islamic republic must never abandon its revolutionary ideals and ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said he has long held the belief in "heroic flexibility" in domestic and foreign policy, but cautioned that the tactic which is very necessary on some occasions should only be practiced after one gathers deep insight about the nature of his/her foreign rivals. "I ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reiterated Irans opposition to the possession of nuclear weapons based on the beliefs of the Iranian nation. We are against nuclear weapons not because of the US or other countries, but because of our beliefs, Ayatollah Khamenei said in a Tuesday meeting with the commanders and officials ...