Perhaps alluding to iran , he said " we will extend our hand if you are willing to unclench your fist . "
也许是暗指伊朗，他说“如果你愿意松开你的拳头，我们将伸出我们的手。”
It followed from the promise in his inaugural address to " extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist " .
这与他在就职演说中的承诺一脉相承“如果你们愿意松开拳头，我们将伸出手来”。
The inauguration of a new president who from the start promised the muslim world respect and who offered the hand of american friendship to those willing to unclench their fist , prompted stirrings of hope , both in iran and beyond , that this could be a new start .
Mr obama , who offered during his inauguration to extend the hand of friendship if iran ( and others ) " unclench fists " , had aired the possibility of softening america 's policy to iran .
Abroad they are courting isolation : barack obama 's hand , remember , was extended to those who would unclench their fists not , on the face of it , what has just happened .
