Omid Memarian (Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle)
Friday, December 9, 2005

The Bush administration claims it is promoting democracy and human rights across the Middle East. But for those of us in Iran who are fighting for these basic freedoms, the White House’s policy is doing more harm than good.

When President Bush labeled Iran as part of “the axis of evil” in his 2002 State of the Union Address, his comment caused shock as well as outrage in Iran. Understandably, we found it insulting for our country of nearly 70 million people to be considered evil en masse.

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