This is from a Los Angeles Times op-ed by Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the presidential
advisor for press affairs to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Note how he blames US policies on Israel. 
Obama’s efforts to replace aggressive rhetoric in official U.S. statements with the language of peace and mutual respect is a step forward. If this change of tone is also
manifested practically in the official policies of the U.S., it will be an important step toward remedying the impaired image of the U.S. in the eyes of other nations.
The U.S. has too frequently in past decades resorted to violence, war and bloodshed around the world, in part because of its leaders’ desire for hegemony and in
part because of Zionism’s manipulation of U.S. administrations…
The policies of previous U.S. administrations led to a rise in hatred, anger and worries. In all corners of the world, it is worth noting, the only flags being
set ablaze belong to the U.S. and the occupying Zionist regime.
President Obama has proclaimed a policy of “change,” and the American people have embraced it. But to remedy its image in the world, the U.S. needs to truly change its past methods.
Change is mandatory for the U.S. administration. For as history demonstrates, either you change, or you are forced to change. Sounds just like Walt and Mearsheimer, doesn’t he? Does he believe that Iran can force the US to
abandon Israel? Or that Iran won’t have to force the US to abandon Israel, because Obama will do it on his own?