Mustafa,who edits al-Ahram's Democracy magazine, says the position,taken in 1983, is not in keeping with national interests.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"If you ask them whether they will receive a pension and what age, they say "I'm not sure whether I will be in the position of pensioners of today."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

But if the Tehran government chooses not to engage on the nuclear issue, that would put the United States in a stronger position to seek "other ways" of applying pressure on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"I am very confident that that would leave us in the position where the government is taking risks it does not understand, cannot manage effectively, highly vulnerable to overpaying for those assets, and charges that we are giving a disguised subsidy that is unjustified,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

So I think that is somewhat premature. We have said previously if you go back to what the European Union has said that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but the conditions are not there as of yet."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17