One American politician who understands how to work with the Iranian power structure is former Congressman Lee Hamilton, now head of the Woodrow Wilson Center. When Wilson Center researcher Haleh Esfandiari was arrested in Iran, Hamilton wrote to Khamenei, pleading for her release on humanitarian grounds.
一位知道如何同伊朗的权力层打交道的美国政客就是前国会议员，现任伍德罗•威尔逊中心主任的Lee Hamilton。当威尔逊中心的研究员Haleh Esfandiari在伊朗被捕时，Hamilton给哈梅内依写信，请求对方在人道主义的立场上释放她。哈梅内依回信了—据报道这是他第一次回应一位美国人—Esfandiari在几天之后即获释。