Washington DC - Iranian Americans overwhelmingly support dialogue and diplomacy between the United States and Iran, a scientific poll conducted by the University of California Berkeley shows. Support for military strikes against Iran is minimal in the community. This stands in stark contrast to sentiments in the Iraqi-American community, who tended to support the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The poll was conducted last year - prior to the publication of the National Intelligence Estimate - by the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California Berkeley.

Some key findings:

• Over 66 percent of the Iranian Americans polled in California favor dialogue and negotiations between US and Iran.
• 21% of the respondents think that American policy in the Middle East and Persian Gulf is to promote democracy and peace, while 60% maintain that US foreign policy in the region is largely self-serving and aimed at securing access to cheap oil.
• 61% (38% strongly) believe that Iran’s nuclear program is a legitimate cause for concern.

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Source: National Iranian-American Council (NIAC)