TEHRAN: A top advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Friday welcomed US President Barack Obama's olive branch to Tehran but urged him to back his words with concrete action to repair past mistakes.
"We welcome the wish of the president of the United States to put away the past differences," Ali Akbar Javanfekr told foreign news agency in reaction to Obama's New Year message to Iranians in which he urged a resolution of differences and an "honest" engagement with Tehran.
"But the way to do that is not by Iran forgetting the previous hostile and aggressive attitude of the United States," Javanfekr said.
"The American administration has to recognise its past mistakes and repair them as a way to put away the differences."
Javanfekr said Obama has talked of change but had "not taken any concrete steps to repair the mistakes committed against Iran."
"He has to go further than words and take action. If Obama shows willingness to take action, the Iranian government will not show its back to him."
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