Gary.Sick, who worked on Iranian affairs for three U.S. administrations…that it would be wise, however, for the Obama administration to say as little as possible about the election right now, so as to not undercut the Iranian opposition. “No matter what was said or done by the administration, it would be interpreted as intervention and would actually undercut severely the position of the reformists as they would be tagged as ‘tools of the West,'” he says. He says it remains important over the long run to engage Iran in negotiations on making sure its nuclear program remains peaceful.
