[ex-snook]

So what? Nixon talked with China and Reagan talked with Russia.

[lesser_satan]

When the IRANIAN STATE-RUN NEWS AGENCY SPEAKS GLOWINGLY OF a candidate, there MIGHT be a problem, amirite?

[plain talk]

So what? Nixon talked with China and Reagan talked with Russia.

Let's see if you can figure it out for yourself. The first step is to understand a major difference between Iran and say the old Soviet Union. Good luck!