Iran Lawmakers Seek U.S. Friendship (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Iran Lawmakers Seek U.S. Friendship

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 15, 2007; 6:06 AM

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian deputies were gathering signatures to
try and form an Iranian-U.S. friendship committee in parliament,
one of the legislators involved in the effort said Tuesday.

Darioush Ghanbari, one of at least 10 deputies who has signed
the document calling for the establishment of a Iran-U.S.
friendship committee, said Iranian parliamentarians were seeking
to reduce tensions with America and "explain Iran's realities to
the U.S. Congress."

"In the absence of formal diplomatic relations, we seek to
establish a parliamentary relationship with the U.S. Congress
and fill the existing gap of contacts between the two nations,"
Ghanbari told The Associated Press.

Ghanbari said the document was signed by both conservatives
and reformists and more signatures were expected by the end
of the day.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051500300.html

[DFW]

1. Whereas I am prepared to believe good intentions......

....on the part of members of their parliament, their
country's leadership is a bunch of rigidly ideological
religious fanatics, who can't see beyond their noses.

Hey, why does that sound do familiar?