THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY IN HOLLYWOOD – IT'S NOT PERSONAL – AT 11:56 A.M. ET:  Iran's leader has a kind message for Americans.  Maybe he finally hired a PR agency.  From AFP:

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has tried to reassure a skeptical American public that when crowds in Tehran chant “Death to America!” they don’t mean it personally.

In an interview with the CBS show 60 Minutes to be broadcast Sunday in the United States, the Iranian president said the famous Friday ritual is a reaction to previous Washington policy decisions that hurt Iran.

In April, US President Barack Obama’s administration signed a deal with Rouhani’s government to release Iran from many of the economic sanctions harming its economy in return for tight controls on its nuclear program.

But many in the United States are still convinced that Iran, which is ultimately led not by Rouhani but by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remains bent on their country’s destruction.

In a July speech, Khanemei hailed the Iranian masses for demanding the destruction of Israel and America, and said he hoped that God would answer their prayers. A clip published by Khamenei on social media earlier this week warned the US it would be defeated in any war with Iran.

In the fierce domestic American debate over the deal, opponents have often cited the regular appearance of chanting anti-American crowds as evidence of Tehran’s true intentions.

COMMENT:  Pure baloney.   The previous Iranian president denied the Holocaust.  What did that have to do with American policy?  Iran murders its own dissidents and suppresses its women.  Also due to American policy?  And what did Israel ever do to Iran?  It was an ally of Iran before the Islamic radicals took over Iran in the late 70s.

Iran wants to dominate the region.  That is its policy.  And it doesn't bring progress or democracy.

September 19, 2015