Iran to Bush: 'Return to Christianity'
NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- A rambling letter to U.S. President George Bush from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested Bush return to Christian teachings.
Any hopes Ahmadinejad would offer a solution to the nuclear enrichment impasse Iran has with the United Nations were dashed in the letter, the first direct correspondence with Washington since 1979.
"Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ, the great Messenger of God ... But at the same time, have countries attacked: the lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed," the 18-page letter said.
John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the letter wasn't a new tactic, The Washington Post reported.
"The Iranians are always interested in talking right before somebody puts the squeeze on them," he told the Post. "Then, once the squeeze lets up a little bit, back they go to (uranium) enrichment ... back they go to the pursuit of nuclear weapons."
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met in New York on Monday night with counterparts from other Security Council nations, as well as Germany and the European Union, but failed to reach agreement on a response to Iran's nuclear activities, the Post said.
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It's good to know that the Iranian President thinks that Jesus was a "Great Messenger of God."
"Jesus was a Fantastic Mailman, you should be more like Him."