TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranians marked the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy on Monday, a day before Americans elect a new president, with some demonstrators indifferent to the U.S. vote and a few wondering if it could help rebuild ties.
Iran has been a focus of the foreign policy debate in the U.S. campaign before Tuesday’s vote. Both candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, say they will toughen sanctions. Obama says he is prepared to engage in direct talks.
Kayhan International, a hardline English-language daily, said in a column that it did not matter who won the U.S. race. “Hopefully either of the two would be presiding over the end of the U.S. domineering system, whose den of espionage was taken over this day in 1979 by Tehran University students, in a move that nipped in the bud the plots of the White House against the newfound Islamic Republic,” it wrote on its front page.
The United States cut ties with Tehran in 1980. Washington now says it is considering opening a U.S. interests section in Tehran, which would mean sending diplomats. It says this would show the United States was against Iran’s government not people. But amid “Death to America” chants outside the former U.S. mission, some wondered if Tuesday’s vote could bring change.
Test of wills???? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. As tough guy Jimmuh puts flowers on the grave of that great humanitarian Arafat! That Carter has the monumental gall to show his face in public is just more proof that leftists have absolutely no shame.
America need JFK type leader to build good relation with Iran, not an arrogant president like George Bush. Sen ObaMA is the perfect person … America let’s vote for Obama to make this world a better place.
Obama’s not arrogant? Surprise to me. You do remember the Obama campaign going after Joe the Plumber and Barbara West to try to destroy them didn’t you?
JFK did have a temper, or did you not know that. He was also a military vet like McCain and JFK’s (Patrol Boat) PT 109 was often mentioned during the campaign just as McCain’s pilot and POW experiences were. Aside from Kennedy’s extra-marital affairs, he shared more in common with McCain than he does with Obama.