Sunday, January 11, 2009

Iranians' Hope For U.S. Policy Shift Dims

From The Washington Times:

TEHRAN | President-elect Barack Obama has not yet been inaugurated, but some Iranians are already losing their optimism that he will change policy toward Iran after 30 years of estrangement.

An initial groundswell of enthusiasm among some Iranians has been replaced by caution and concern.

"Obama" means "he is with us" in Persian. But an Iranian weekly tabloid recently ran a headline saying "He is not with us."

"Nothing will basically change with Obama," said a foreign editor for one of Iran's most prominent newspapers, who asked that only his first name, Reza, be used. "He is one of them; someone from the system, despite his slogans."

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