Commentary calls for sign of US goodwill to resume talks with Iran.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of commentary Sergeh Barseqian: "The outlook for the future of Iran-America relations: A new initiative at the boiling point" by Iranian newspaper E'temad web site on 9 February

Political desk: The ups and downs in relations between Iran and the United States of America during the past 26 years, ever since the two countries severed their official diplomatic relations, have produced a new literature in bilateral relations. The tone of the discourse between the two sides has been affected by new relations under different diplomatic circumstances. However, In each age, the new literature that has been used by both sides has been based on certain moral values and has contained certain verbal exchanges that have been similar in content. For instance, Washington describes Tehran as one of the members of the axis of evil, while Tehran calls Washington the great Satan. …