Ahmedinejad: "We're ready to meet with the west in Istanbul"

Istanbul, Tehran and Brazil are the best places to hold talks with the West on Iran's nuclear program, said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday. "We're ready to meet with the P5+1" – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany – in any of those three places, he said. Ahmadinejad added that they want to pursue negotiations, but Iran's status as a nuclear power must first be accepted.