Postcard to U.S. President: Tehran
BackPeople in Iran sent their first wishes to new U.S. President-elect Barak Obama.
Speaking on the streets of Tehran, individuals said they hoped the change of administration in Washington would bring about a new foreign policy towards Iran.
1. (English) UNIVERSITY STUDENT, MASSOUD AHMADI SAYING:
"To Mr. Obama I like to say that he should fulfil his promise to
negotiate with Iran and resolve the problems."
2. (English) UNIVERSITY STUDENT, HOSSEIN NAZARI SAYING:
"My message to Obama, to Barack Obama is that, if you want your
country actually if you want to have a good relationship with our country
(Iran), with our politicians and with our government; you have to rapidly
change your formal policies towards Iran."
3. (English) UNIVERSITY STUDENT, MEHDI KADKHODAII SAYING:
"I want to speak to Mr Obama. You said you need change, in the
case of Iran, I want to advise you that first of all you must change your mind about Iran."
Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 5, 2008 at 2:22 am
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Video Comments:
chaghar (January 3, 2009 at 12:36 am)
0:42 . just wanna punch him in his stupid eyebrows.
sheshe670 (January 2, 2009 at 8:55 pm)
we want peace for our world
iran
iran
HamechiKoloft (December 30, 2008 at 2:28 pm)
arfx3
And yes economy wise we are pretty fucked too. I think I will probably spend more time on YouTube in 2009 :) you never know, might even make a video? Got any ideas?
And I am British but I was born in Tehran- bache Tehroon.
Have you been to Iran in recent years?
BTW: I noticed 1 or 2 typos in your comment- shouldnt you instead of law, gone for medicine?
And yes economy wise we are pretty fucked too. I think I will probably spend more time on YouTube in 2009 :) you never know, might even make a video? Got any ideas?
And I am British but I was born in Tehran- bache Tehroon.
Have you been to Iran in recent years?
BTW: I noticed 1 or 2 typos in your comment- shouldnt you instead of law, gone for medicine?
arfx3 (December 30, 2008 at 3:07 pm)
haha ..well you are right that poor writing is frowned upon in law but hey..youtube is where I can at least get away with it, without getting points subtracted. Also if you know anything about Persian culture..doctors are like Shahs..my parents tried to push in medicine since I was in utero..i was actually pre-med but then decided on law.
HamechiKoloft (December 30, 2008 at 8:08 pm)
Haha- Persian parents; Doctor or lawyer- they dont expect much, do they?
Bless their cotton socks. Iranians outside Iran do ever so well in their hosts counties and I think Iranian parents must take a lot of credit for that.
I think for that alone you should kiss them both on both chicks next time you see them :)
Just remember when you marry and have your own children; those children would love to stay with their grandparents whilst their mum and dad take a little break :)
Bless their cotton socks. Iranians outside Iran do ever so well in their hosts counties and I think Iranian parents must take a lot of credit for that.
I think for that alone you should kiss them both on both chicks next time you see them :)
Just remember when you marry and have your own children; those children would love to stay with their grandparents whilst their mum and dad take a little break :)
arfx3 (December 30, 2008 at 3:08 pm)
Thats interesting that you were born in Iran..so your not Iranian?..full British?..So you speak farsi?..how did you like Iran growing up... you probably got to witness the revolution, didnt you? Man...when you compare Iran before 79 and after..you cant even recognize them as being the same nation.
HamechiKoloft (December 30, 2008 at 8:10 pm)
arfx3
The nationality thing for me is fairly straightforward in that when I am in the UK I abide with all the laws of this land and when in Iran then do as other Iranians do. The only issue that I had as a teenager with my dual nationality was that I was a decent footballer and I always dreamt if I were asked by England to represent this country whilst simultaneously being asked to play for Iran, what do I do?
Fortunately, for me I wasnt as good as I thought, so the situation never arose.
The nationality thing for me is fairly straightforward in that when I am in the UK I abide with all the laws of this land and when in Iran then do as other Iranians do. The only issue that I had as a teenager with my dual nationality was that I was a decent footballer and I always dreamt if I were asked by England to represent this country whilst simultaneously being asked to play for Iran, what do I do?
Fortunately, for me I wasnt as good as I thought, so the situation never arose.
arfx3 (January 2, 2009 at 8:52 pm)
haha..it wouldve been nice to have a british guy on the team..wouldve been like Beckham playing for Iran. Sorry your aspirations didnt work out as planned.
Persian culture is very weird with the parent/doctor thing...i dont know what it is but education is stressed in Persian households.. Iran's literacy rate is as high as western europes. Do you still go back to Tehran once in a while?
Persian culture is very weird with the parent/doctor thing...i dont know what it is but education is stressed in Persian households.. Iran's literacy rate is as high as western europes. Do you still go back to Tehran once in a while?
HamechiKoloft (December 30, 2008 at 2:27 pm)
arfx3-
Haha- if you speak Persian and happen to be in an Iranian video shop, then go for one of these dubbed American films; if nothing they are very funny.
I think we are all politically naïve and my point of flogging that last video to you was simply to say that there are alternative points of view to what is commonly accepted but at the end of the day, it is you who decides.
Haha- if you speak Persian and happen to be in an Iranian video shop, then go for one of these dubbed American films; if nothing they are very funny.
I think we are all politically naïve and my point of flogging that last video to you was simply to say that there are alternative points of view to what is commonly accepted but at the end of the day, it is you who decides.
dannelit0w (December 30, 2008 at 10:24 am)
persian pride