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What Iran Expects Of President Obama

During the election, Iran’s leadership gave conservatives a chuckle when they informed Barack Obama that they wouldn’t be willing to meet with him without preconditions of their own.

Now, Iran’s President has written President-elect Barack Obama a letter spelling out what he expects from an Obama administration. According to the New York Times, Ahmadinejad’s letter stated the following:

“People in the world expect war-oriented policies, occupation, bullying, deception and intimidation of nations and imposing discriminatory policies on them and international affairs, which have evoked hatred toward American leaders, to be replaced by ones advocating justice, respect for human rights, friendship and noninterference in other countries’ affairs,” the letter said, according to ISNA.

“They also want the U.S. intervention to be limited to its borders, especially in the sensitive region of the Middle East,” it said. “It is expected to reverse the unfair attitude of the past 60 years to restore the rights of people in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.”

As many on the right expected, the “hope” other nations saw in Obama appears to be hope for a weakening of America’s role around the globe. It remains to be seen whether or not President Obama will comply.