TEHRAN Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics said that Tehran's policy in the field of campaign against cultural onslaught has been practical and realistic.
Addressing a gathering of university professors and researchers at the Institute of Political and International Studies (IPIS) of Iran's Foreign Ministry, Halliday evaluated Iran's policies on fight against cultural inroad as "positive".
The professor who is currently in Iran on an academic visit, said that the outlook of the Iranian leaders toward the prevailing international system and their efforts to reform such a trend is commendable.
In a round table discussion with Iranian university professors, Halliday underlined the role that public opinion plays in giving shape to the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran as "highly important and valuable".
He said that the concept of "global arrogance" as used by the departed Imam, is one of the most expressive concepts used to demonstrate the reality about the prevailing imbalance in the international system.
He referred to the Islamic Iran as being among the few states in the Middle East which is rich in possessing wise political leaders and elite as well as high economic potentials and glorious civilization and culture.
Halliday also outlined his viewpoints on political-economic developments in central Asia and the Caucasus, the Persian Gulf, the European Union and UK.
He voiced readiness of the London School of Economics to cooperate with Iranian institutes.
(IRNA)