Via Pejman Yousefzadeh, an audience described as far more appreciative of President Bush's inaugural address, as intended:
Millions of Iranians have been reported as having stayed home, on Thursday night which is their usual [weekend] and outgoing night, in order to see or hear the Presidential speech and the comments made by the Los Angeles based Iranian satellite TV and radio networks, such as NITV or KRSI.The speech and its package of hope have been, since late yesterday night and this morning, the main topics of most Iranians' conversations during their familial and friendly gatherings, in the collective taxis and buses, as well as among groups of young Iranians who gather outside the cities on the Fridays.
Many were seen showing the "V" sign or their raised fists. Talks were focused on steps that need to be taken in order to use the first time ever favorable International condition.
Solidarity, justice, duty. Peggy Noonan, living in the Constitutionally guaranteed civil and political freedom of the East Coast, ought to look those words up in her Funk & Wagnalls. (Hat tip, IP.)