President Obama intended to begin an open dialogue with the Iran government after taking office, but like so many other things, that is proving to be much more difficult than he anticipated. Last week, President Obama attempted to open these relations by sending the Iranian government a video appeal for talks. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by setting strict parameters for any negotiations that may take place. However, the American media proceeded to report the supreme leader’s response as, "dismissive" or flat-out "rejection". This goes to prove that not only is Iran’s media largely anti-American, but our domestic media displays the same discrimination towards Iran. Without a change in how each country’s media portrays each other, it is highly unlikely that these two countries will ever be able to cooperate.
By Emily Franklin
(Group Iran)
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