Iran president wins world's hearts and minds

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has certainly done the right thing and also done the thing right by releasing the detained 15 British sailors reportedly "to mark both prophet Muhammad's birthday on 30 March and the upcoming Easter holiday". The release has not only given peace and reconciliation a chance but also demonstrated to the world at large the wisdom and magnanimity of the Iranian people.

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