How much more nicely can we beg them to unclench? I mean, really. Pretty please?

Iran: US must rethink policies for reconciliation.

MUNICH (AP) - Iran sternly dismissed decades of U.S. policies targeting Tehran and declared Friday that the new American administration had to admit past wrongs before it could hope for reconciliation.

The comments by Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani at an international security conference in Munich appeared to be the most detailed outline yet of Tehran’s expectations from President Barack Obama’s administration.

“The old carrot and stick policy must be discarded,” he said, alluding to Western threats and offers of rewards to coax Iran to give up nuclear activities the West views as threatening. “This is a golden opportunity for the United States.”

Is Iran’s Fist Still Clenched? Looks like a ‘yes’ on that one. We must not have found the right combination of groveling, apologies, and incentives yet.