The mass of Iranians count on a social safety net there, believe in education more than the religion, and many of the youth like the West, although they are suppressed.

The war hawk media here is aiding the reactionary Iranina religious right in their oppression by giving fuel to regressive voices.

Just as the GOP did with their damn letter. The rightwingers of the world have united globally to silence all progressive voices. But we know this:

President Obama:

And speaking of conservative heroes, the Koch brothers bought a table here tonight. But as usual, they used a shadowy right-wing organization as a front. Hello, Fox News.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/03/remarks-president-white-house-correspondents-dinner

extreme right wing, conservative leadership in this country screams about the threat of extreme, right wing, conservative leadership in Iran.

This is what the ENTIRE middle east bullshit is about, extreme right wing, conservative elements at each other's throats.

You would THINK this being the case, people would ...

CUT OUR EXTREME RIGHT WING LEADERSHIP OUT OF IT.

But, somehow, they get the microphones stuck in their faces and get to drive the discussion about it.

When I talk about this stuff with people I know who are republicans, it blows their minds and they most often get agitated when I highlight that the leadership over there mirrors the republicans here.

They can't fathom that because they have been spoon fed for decades now that the weak liberal is in league with the terrorists!

The people they say are such a big threat scream about the same things they scream about - liberalism, secularism, they demagogue gays and are against abortion, want to keep women in their places.

Seriously, leave the rest of us out of it.

They've been all over the French media, at least the outlets I watch:

http://www.france24.com/en/

http://www.bfmtv.com/emission/

http://info.arte.tv/fr

>>> That means that these shows, which endlessly boast of their own “objectivity,” are in fact far more akin to state media.>>>

K and R

Yes, these programs are less than useless because they play an active role in misinforming the American public.

Propaganda.

The Iranians and the world want this deal, only the American MIC and it's corrupt politicians, pockets heavy with graft, does not.

The Sunday talk shows are owned by the MIC...war and money is all they know.

maybe they're all too busy attending executions of gay men or adulterous women to give interviews.

I'm perplexed by this new-found love of Iran and respect for present-day Iranian political culture here on DU.

It is the belief in war as a last possible resort and only when our nation is under a grave threat. It is a belief in the peace process which includes reasonable civil negotiations.

It does not include the sort of faked up threat fabricated to justify the Iraq War.

what I'm not appreciative of is the seemingly-nearly-full respect for anything which emanates out of Tehran and the unquestioning acceptance of its near-veracity.