From the Tehran Times web site (archives 2.8.04)
WASHINGTON (Mehr News Agency) -- The office of Senator John kerry, the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential primary in the U.S., sent the Mehr News Agency an e-email saying that kerry will try to repair the damage done by the incumbent president if he wins the election. The text of the e-mail follows.
As Americans who have lived and worked extensively overseas, we have personally witnessed the high regard with which people around the world have historically viewed the United States. Sadly, we are also painfully aware of how the actions and the attitudes demonstrated by the U.S. government over the past three years have threatened the goodwill earned by presidents of both parties over many decades and put many of our international relationships at risk.
It is in the urgent interests of the people of the United States to restore our country's credibility in the eyes of the world. America needs the kind of leadership that will repair alliances with countries on every continent that have been so damaged in the past few years, as well as build new friendships and overcome tensions with others.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/archives/Detailview.asp?Keyword=kerry&Da=2/8/2004&Cat=2&Num=26 Not sure how much credibility to place in this. It's somewhat hazy even from the editorial how specific this actually was and what context the email is quoted from. Also who actually sent the email and to whom.
thank you for the link - why question what Kerry discusses in his imaginary conversations with leaders when we have in hard copy something as outrageous as his pitch to the killers in Tehran.