(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States believe their government should deal with Iran through negotiations, according to a poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News. 50 per cent of respondents think the U.S. should only use diplomacy to try to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

After being branded as part of an "axis of evil" by United States president George W. Bush in January 2002, Iran has contended that its nuclear program aims to produce energy, not weapons. In June 2005, former Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran's presidential election in a run-off over Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani with 61.6 per cent of all cast ballots.

In December 2006, the United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously voted to impose sanctions against Iran after it failed to stop uranium enrichment. On Jan. 2, Ahmadinejad declared, "Let the world know that from the Iranian nation's point of view, this resolution has no validity. I want (the United States) to know that the Iranian nation has humiliated you many times, and it will humiliate you in future."

Yesterday, Iranian government spokesman said his country is willing to hold talks with the five UN Security Council members and Germany with no preconditions. U.S. State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper declared: "There is still some work to be done on a few outstanding issues, but all parties remain committed to a second resolution in the near future."

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In dealing with Iran, do you think the United States should only use diplomacy to try to stop them from developing nuclear weapons, or should the United States try to stop Iran at any cost from developing nuclear weapons?

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