Poll Finds Iranians Favor Direct Talks with US on Shared Issues

 
Poll Finds Diminished Perception of US Threat,
General Thawing of Hostility 
 
For Release: 12:01 EDT April 7, 2008
Contact: Steven Kull, director, WorldPublicOpinion.org (202) 232-7500
 
College Park, MD—A new poll finds that although Iranians continue to view the United States negatively, they strongly support steps to improve US-Iran relations including direct talks on issues, greater access [...]

Oil: The Umbilical Cord Between Israel and Tehran

Richard Silverstein, The Guardian, UK
If you’ve ever wondered about the definition of hypocrisy you’ll find the answer right here.
Last month the Swiss foreign minister visited Iran and, together with President Ahmadinejad, attended the signing of a multi-billion euro contract for Iran to supply Switzerland with large amounts of natural gas over the next 25 years.
The [...]

Intimidation and censorship are no answer to the inflammatory film “Fitna”

A Dutch politician’s alarmist anti-Islam polemic needs to be taken apart and calmly answered
Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian, Thursday April 10 2008
At the time of this writing, the dissemination on the worldwide web of the deliberately provocative anti-Islam film Fitna, made by the Dutch populist MP Geert Wilders, has not provoked violent protest [...]