Iran

Iran Welcomes Obama

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has presented a message of goodwill and offered his congratulations to Barack Obama on his presidential win in the United States. Iran has very little to say about its relationship with the United State during the Bush administration, claiming that the Bush administration successfully imposed huge cost of wars worldwide, which in effect led to critical economic situation in the United States. Mr. Ahmadinejad expresses hopes that the United States will now be able to rebuild its international reputation and begin fair policy changes.

The positive reaction from Iran, and other states as well, in regards to Barack Obama’s presidential win is encouraging for a future of peace. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes “I hope you will prefer real public interests and justice to the never-ending demands of a selfish minority and seize the opportunity to serve people so that you will be remembered with high esteem.” The Iranian president’s encouraging outlook on the new president of the United State is reassuring. As a Liberal, I would hope that Iran would now be willing to increase interaction with the United States and be able to create some type of negotiation to ensure security between states. Positive interaction could lead to trade agreements and therefore interdependence. Further, I would hope that other states will follow in Iran’s footsteps and consider the election of Barack Obama to be an opportunity to create new policy, new interaction, and therefore stability.

Liberal

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iran/237621

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7713972.stm

November 6, 2008 at 7:31 pm