"I found this same letter posted here. It was an open letter to Americans abroad posted by the steering committee of Americans Overseas for Kerry, one of the groups on the Kerry campaign web site."
It is apparent, then, that the Kerry campaign did not compose and address this statement to the Mehr News agency or the Teheran Times. Either somebody in this American Overseas for Kerry group sent out a circular e-mail, including Mehr out of ignorance, or Mehr (or the Teheran Times) pulled the statement from the Kerry group's website.
Accordingly, Senator John Effin' Kerry is NOT guilty of addressing treasonous e-mail to a member of The Axis of Evil that undermines our national will.
On the other hand, the Kerry campaign and its supporters ARE guilty of issuing a statement which is so pandering and appeasing to our enemies that the enemies feel compelled to promote it and shout it from the proverbial rooftop.
No, it's not treason. But it is utter stupidity. And not a little anti-American.
Good point. And this isn't the only story of this nature to recently appear in this newspaper. I checked the tehrantimes.com web site to see if they've run anything else on Kerry recently. I found this article in the February 7 archive: Senator Kerry Would Seek Direct Talks With Iran: Adviser.
This story also didn't get any play here in the U.S., as far as I can tell, but some people in Tehran seem to be paying attention.