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| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he would welcome talks with the US as long as they were based on "mutual respect". | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he would welcome talks with the US as long as they were based on "mutual respect". |
| Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, he said Iran would welcome change from the US as long as it is "fundamental". | Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, he said Iran would welcome change from the US as long as it is "fundamental". |
| "The Iranian nation is ready to hold talks...in a fair atmosphere," he said. | "The Iranian nation is ready to hold talks...in a fair atmosphere," he said. |
| On Monday, the US president said he was "looking at places where we can have constructive dialogue" with Iran. | On Monday, the US president said he was "looking at places where we can have constructive dialogue" with Iran. |
| "The new US administration has announced that they want to produce change and pursue the course of dialogue," Mr Ahmadinejad said at a rally attended by thousands of people. | |
| "It is quite clear that real change must be fundamental and not tactical. It is clear the Iranian nation welcomes real changes." | |
| The US severed diplomatic ties with Iran after the US-backed Shah was overthrown in 1979 and the US embassy in Tehran was occupied by students for more than a year. | |
| Relations have worsened further in recent years as the US has led efforts to prevent Iran from further developing its nuclear programme, which some Western nations fear will lead to nuclear weapons. | |
| Tehran says its nuclear programme is for civilian, energy-generating purposes only. |