Iranians Favor Diplomatic Relations With US But Have Little Trust in Obama
World Public Opinion
12-Jan-2010 (3 comments)

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of Iranians finds that six in 10 favor restoration of diplomatic relations between their country and the United States, a stance that is directly at odds with the position the Iranian government has held for three decades. A similar number favor direct talks.

However, Iranians do not appear to share the international infatuation with Barack Obama. Only 16 percent say that have confidence in him to do the right thing in world affairs. This is lower than any of the 20 countries polled by WPO on this question in the spring. Despite his recent speech in Cairo, where Obama stressed that he respects Islam, only a quarter of Iranians are convinced he does. And three in four (77%) continue to have an unfavorable view of the United States government.

"While the majority of Iranian people are ready to do business with Obama, they show little trust in him," says Steven Kull, director of WPO.

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by IranMilitaryForum.net on Tue Jan 12, 2010 09:07 PM PST

I guess if your theory about "fearful" Iranians is correct then what is to say to other answers given by Iranians namely:

1- Asked if they favor or oppose full, unconditional negotiations between
the governments of the two countries, 60 percent say they do. Thirty
percent are opposed.

2- Attitudes toward the American people are largely positive, with 51
percent of those polled expressing favorable feelings toward Americans
(13 percent very favorable).

3- Asked about the prospect of "Iran cooperating with the US to combat the
Taliban operating in Afghanistan near Iran's border," a substantial 43
percent favor doing so, while 41 percent are opposed.

4- While one in four (26%) Iranians say they support attacks on US troops
in neighboring Afghanistan (26%) half (49%) are opposed (41%
strongly)--perhaps due in part to past friction between Iran and the
Taliban.

5- 62 percent say they have a lot of confidence in the declared election results, while 21 percent say they have some confidence.

6- Just 13 percent say they do not have much confidence or no confidence in the results. In general

7- eight in 10 (81%) say they are satisfied with the process by which
authorities are elected, but only half that number (40%) say they are
very satisfied.

8- Among the 87 percent of respondents who say they voted in the June
presidential election, 55 percent say they voted for Ahmadinejad. Only
14 percent say they voted for Mir Hossein Mousavi, the leading opposition candidate, and 26 percent refused to answer.

9- Asked how they would vote if the election were held again, overall 49
percent say they would vote for Ahmadinejad, 8 percent for Mousavi, 13
percent say they would not vote, and 26 percent would not answer.

 

The above responses raise many questions believing your theroy is correct. That is:

- A good number refused to respond, others who did respond had the same right to rcercise.

- Some between 10% to 20%  of responses where anot at all views that the IRI would like to hear. Why did so many people ellected to respond, when they did, such oppinions if Iranians fearing the IRi out of prosecution? What makes them immune?

- Item 8 is missing a full 5% of response. The pulling organization claims Only 87% only responded on the question however 55% voted for Ahmadi, 14% voted for Mousaviand 26% did not say who they voted for. Even if you add the 26% with 14%, by giving the benefit of the doubt to Mousavi, you would still have  a total of 30% votes for Mousavi and 55% to Ahmadi.  It is inconsivable to think that 20% who claimed to have voted for Ahmadi responded otherwise out of fear.

-Finally, this pulling was done in Sept.-Oct. 2009. The elction was in the June. There were several pulls before the ellection that produced the same results as pulls after the election. 

Bottom line, the idea that Iranians fearing the government that is why they do not respond properly, I am afraid, does not hold any logic here based on facts.

 

 

 


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I'm not surprised!

by DariusMazdak on Tue Jan 12, 2010 03:13 PM PST

Well, if someone calls me in Iran to ask me what exactly I think about AN, I would certainly answer like these 80%. How can you trust someone who calls you randomly to ask you such questions under a fascist regime? 

In addition, the article mentions that "Interviewing was conducted by a professional survey organization located outside Iran which used native Farsi speakers who telephoned into Iran" but does not say which professional survey organization it was. 

Rather unprofessional I’d say…

 


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by IranMilitaryForum.net on Tue Jan 12, 2010 02:47 PM PST

I bet most at Iranian.com would tell that WorldPublicOpinion.org is infested with mullahs and perhaps they are even funded by IRI like many US outlets that are financially supported by Israel.

On Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the survey finds that eight in 10 Iranians say
they consider him to be the country's legitimate president.

 

May be, just may be the the media outlet in the West has passed microphone to only the 10% of Iranian population practically shutting the voices of the rest!

We need alot more balanced and unbiased reporting on Iran so we can make intelligent decisions on the future of Iran and Iranians.

Miser, thanks much for sharing this highly important article. It oppened my eyes!

 

 


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