Most Iranians would give up nuclear program in exchange for removal of sanctions, poll shows
Most Iranians would give up the advancement of their country’s nuclear program in exchange for a halt to the sanctions that the international community has imposed on the Islamic Republic, a recent online poll suggested — but the government in Tehran apparently does not want anybody to know that.
More than 60 percent of respondents to a survey posted Tuesday on an official state news site indicated they were in favor of stopping uranium enrichment in return for a gradual lifting of sanctions, according to Radio Free Europe. However, the poll has since been removed and “replaced by another poll about soccer, apparently after the results became apparent and received attention on social media,” the station’s Tehran-born Golnaz Esfandiari writes on her blog, Persian Letters.
Surfers on the website of the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) were asked what method they preferred for facing “the unilateral Western sanctions against Iran.” Some 63 percent clicked on the first option: “Giving up uranium enrichment in return of the gradual removal of sanctions.” Twenty percent opted for “Retaliatory measure by closing the Strait of Hormuz” and 18 percent said they favored “Resistance against the unilateral sanctions for preserving nuclear rights.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/most-iranians-prefer-giving-up-nuclear-program-in-exchange-for-removal-of-sanctions-poll-shows/
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