Good article, I particularly liked this bit:

"The Trade, Sanctions, Reform, and Export Enhancement Act, adopted by Congress in 2000, was specifically intended to demonstrate that our policy targets the bad behavior of regimes, not innocent populations.

The expansion of some exports to Iran, over the past eight years, is a natural reflection of Congress's intent, as codified in that act, to expand access to American agriculture and medical experts.

It's only natural that experts would have risen in the years since 2000, as a result of that act.

It's important to note that exports to Iran, under this act, are licensed on a case-by-case basis, following a rigorous interagency review process.

... Our goal here has been to provide agricultural and medical products as well as other humanitarian goods and services that are useful to the Iranian people, because our quarrel is not with the Iranian people; our quarrel is with the Iranian government that continues to proceed down this path.

I understand that these exports have increased. However, we believe that they are increasing to a segment of the population that we want to reach out to, we want to know and understand that the U.S. government -- the U.S. people want to be friends with them, want to work with them to integrate them into the world economy and become partners in the future."

All very encouraging.

By the bye, No.6, "Iran ... a real threat to the U.S.A so says Bush" no. But there again that is not what President Bush has been saying -

"A nuclear armed Iran ... a real threat to the U.S.A so says Bush" and in that Bush is 100% correct, even the Russians would agree with that.