Ahmadinejad: We'll talk to US if behavior changes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said Iran would talk to the United States if it behaves correctly. His comment was the highest-level Iranian statement in recent months that the government would be willing to talk to the country that it has long demonized as "the Great Satan." Addressing a press conference, Ahmadinejad said: "We are after positive interaction with the whole world, excluding a country that we don't recognize (Israel). "We won't talk to the Zionist regime because it is a usurper and an illegitimate entity. But we will talk to the US government under certain conditions. Should it correct its behavior, we will talk to them," the president said.