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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0211/p07s04-wome.html
Iran's Ahmadinejad "Ready" to Talk with America
[Christian Science Monitor] Scott Peterson - Determined chants of "Death to America" rang out in city after city in Iran Tuesday, even as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a mass rally in Tehran that Iran was "ready" to talk to its arch-enemy if the U.S. showed "real change." Speaking as Iranians marked the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, Ahmadinejad declared Iran to be "officially...a real and genuine superpower" and said, "The Iranian nation is ready to hold talks but talks in a fair atmosphere with mutual respect." Despite the nod toward dialogue, state-run TV news on IRIB Channel 1 devoted 25 minutes to scenes of rallies, with primary emphasis on the "Death to America" chant.