November 7, 2005

Iran to Propose Peace Solution to UN

Iran is planning to offer a fresh steaming pile of peace to the UN. From Reuters, with thanks to Sr. Soph:

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran, whose president has called for Israel's destruction, said on Monday it will submit a proposal to the United Nations for a peaceful solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Islamic Republic does not acknowledge Israel's right to exist and is known to support militant Palestinian groups.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in a speech last month or Israel to be ``wiped off the map,'' sparking international condemnation and Israeli calls for Iran to be thrown out of the United Nations.

Iranian officials have said his remarks were merely a re-statement of the Islamic state's pro-Palestinian policy and did not represent an actual threat of violence against Israel.

``To restore peace in the Middle East, Iran will submit a proposal to the U.N. based on what the Supreme Leader has said,'' Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a conference on Central Asia in Tehran.