The Iranian-backed Hezbollah fundamentalist movement wants to establish dialogue with Americans and to improve its image in the West, according to a spokesman. But the movement does not want better ties to the U.S. government as long as it supports Israel, the spokesman was quoted as saying. The stance is similar to one enunciated earlier this year by Iran’s president, Mohammad Khatami, who also expressed a desire to reach out to the American people, though not to their government.
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