Just prior to Hillary Clinton’s recent remarks promising that the U.S. could “obliterate” Iran in the event of any Iranian attack on Israel, a couple articles had happened to pop up about views within Iran about the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Dispatching from Tehran for Time magazine, Scott MacLeoddocuments support for and fascination with the candidacy of Barack Obama among Iranians, along with some surprising support for John McCain and mixed feelings about Hillary Clinton (the obliterate thing probably didn’t help push up the favorable ratings there).
Jeffrey Fleishman tells a similar tale for the LA Times, saying many Iranians are hopeful that any of the candidates might bring more chance for detente than George W. Bush.
