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Iran: Obama's victory proves 'failure of Bush's policies'
By DPA
Tags: U.S., Barack Hussein Obama 

Iranian officials on Wednesday welcomed Barack Obama's victory in U.S. presidential elections, calling it a sign of failure of President George Bush's policies and Americans' demand for essential changes.

"Obama's election as the U.S. president shows the American people's demand for essential changes in the country's domestic and foreign policies," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA, while urging the new administration "to distance itself from the wrong approaches of current politicians."

As the first reaction by an Iranian official earlier on Wednesday, Gholam-Ali Hadad-Adel - senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader - said the victory of the slogan of "change" is the admission of the American people to the failure of Bush's policies.
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"The next U.S. president should abandon the course taken by President Bush and the American people have to change their policies in order to get rid of the quagmire that he created for them," former parliament speaker Hadad-Adel was quoted as saying by Iranian media.

The reactions to the U.S. elections came after a harshly worded statement issued earlier this morning by Iran's military, warning American forces in Iraq that it would strongly respond to any violation of Iranian airspace.

"American military helicopters were recently flying in short distances from Iraq's joint borders with Iran and while the borders are not straight there would be the possibility of violating Iran's airspace," Iran's army headquarters said in a statement carried by IRNA.

"So Iranian armed forces would strongly respond in case of any violations," said the statement.

Washington, which has no diplomatic ties with Tehran, accuses Iran of fuelling an insurgency in Iraq by equipping and training militants and also has accused Tehran of seeking nuclear weapons.

Tehran denies the charges saying instability in Iraq is due to the presence of the American military and says that its nuclear programme is peaceful and aimed at generating electricity.

Observers believe that although Iranian leaders prefer Obama as the next U.S. president they are aware that there would be no major change in Washington's policies towards the Islamic Republic and the army's statement was a clear message to the new U.S. president about Iran's vigilance.

"The Islamic republic (of Iran) needs to keep its enmity with America, so you will witness the same stance towards the U.S. as before, but probably with a softer rhetoric if they see the same rhetoric from the new American administration," one political analyst told Deutsche Presse-Agentur under the condition of anonymity.

"This could be the best opportunity for Tehran to ease the tensions with Washington but through a moderate (Iranian) administration, not the current radical one headed by President (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad," said the analyst.

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      1.   but policy against Iran WON`T change and Iran will be dealt 20:26  |  Ben 05/11/08
      2.   Iran will become a friend of the American people 20:27  |  POP 05/11/08
      3.   And Iran has its own failure in Ahmadinejad 20:32  |  Jon 05/11/08
      4.   78% of Jews voted for Obama 20:40  |  Astonished Gentile 05/11/08
      5.   Hard to deny 20:50  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/08
      6.   Why? 20:53  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/08
      7.   IRANN needs oil at over $90 a barrel to balance their budget-IMF 21:57  |  PETER SM 05/11/08
      8.   The only path forward 21:59  |  Natallie Durson 05/11/08
      9.   #2 You are wrong 22:32  |  Siad 05/11/08
      10.   iran 23:11  |  ardeshir 05/11/08
      11.   Mark Lincoln....you don`t need to defend 23:52  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      12.   POP IRAN Supreme Leader has already said how friendly they are 00:30  |  PETER SM 06/11/08
      13.   Obama`s Victory Proves Iran`s Islamic-Sanctioned Lies 01:15  |  Lavi 06/11/08
      14.   NATALIE Only path forward for Nation of martyrs&their martyr army 01:15  |  PETER SM 06/11/08
      15.   Whose Messiah... 01:16  |  Steve Solomon 06/11/08
      16.   Yes, and that would be your demise!! 01:20  |  Persian Kitty 06/11/08
      17.   NOW, NOW, IRAN, YOU AREN`T HONEST HERE HE..HE.. 01:36  |  indrajaya 06/11/08
      18.   #8 DUHrson: Wake Up & Smell The Rancid IranianRegime`sKufteh 01:42  |  Lavi 06/11/08
      19.   #1 Ben, are you going to war with iran? 02:04  |  BigBird 06/11/08
      20.   #4 Gentile 02:15  |  judith 06/11/08
      21.   Iranian Daily: "That Black Man" Will Never Change U.S. Policy" 02:24  |  PETER SM 06/11/08
      22.   To astonished gentile 02:29  |  Thomas 06/11/08
      23.   ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 02:40  |  Persian Kitty 06/11/08
      24.   Lynn, the Iranian elections 02:42  |  Mark Lincoln 06/11/08
      25.   The amusing thing is that Iranians are actually 02:46  |  Mark Lincoln 06/11/08
      26.   Obama`s Victory Proves Iran`s Islamic-Sanctioned Lies 03:16  |  Lavi 06/11/08
      27.   Mark Lincoln 5 & 6 03:33  |  Philippe 06/11/08
      28.   EVEN MY DOG 03:37  |  indrajaya 06/11/08
      29.   its a fact: bush is a total failure and worse 03:43  |  listen 06/11/08
      30.   Mark Lincoln #20 03:51  |  Persian Kitty 06/11/08
      31.   To Matk Lincoln re Iranian elections #19 03:54  |  Persian Kitty 06/11/08
      32.   PETER S&M 03:59  |  Persian Kitty 06/11/08
      33.   And you needed these geniuses to tell you that? 04:01  |  Persian Kitty 06/11/08
      34.   No That Isn`t True 05:08  |  Yosemite 06/11/08
      35.   Thomas, I doubt you 05:10  |  Mark Lincoln 06/11/08
      36.   Irans nuclear policy genuine 10:13  |  Martin Njue 14/11/08
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