TEHRAN, Jan. 15 — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a milder-than-usual tone toward the United States in remarks Thursday, saying he did not want to “judge ahead of time” the policies of President-elect Barack Obama.
“We will wait and see what his administration will do,” Ahmadinejad said during a news conference in Tehran.
But the Iranian president repeated his sweeping demand that the United States change its behavior in order to decrease tension between the two nations. “Any government that comes to power in the United States should limit its influence to its own borders. The root of all problems and wars in the world is the unwanted meddling of the United States in world affairs,” Ahmadinejad said. He also called for an American change in attitude toward Iran but did not elaborate.
During her Senate confirmation hearing in Washington on Tuesday, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton said she planned to move swiftly to engage Iran and Syria directl…
