Tehran, Sept 22, IRNA -- Based on an opinion poll conducted here recently on relations between Tehran, the European Union (EU) and the United States, 74.7 percent of the citizens favored negotiations with the US while 17.5 percent were opposed to it.

The poll was conducted by three Iranian institutes and the respondents were made up of Tehrani citizens above 15 years of age.

Meanwhile, 64.5 percent of the citizens favored resumption of talks between Iran and the US and 24 percent opposed it.

Some 60.3 percent of those questioned believed that without diplomatic ties with the US, economic relations cannot improve.

The opinion poll showed that 26.1 percent considered the US policies on Iran as wrong and 13.1 percent considered Iran's policies vis-a-vis the US as so.

According to the poll, 45.8 percent of the people believed US policies on Iran are to some extent correct, whereas 41.7 percent others believed the same for Iran's policies towards the US.

Some 74.7 percent of the citizens considered that at a time when one can prevent certain animosity and threats from the US through dialogue, such a step should be taken.

Some 68.5 percent of the people believed that talks would not lead to humiliation for the Iranians, while 79.1 percent contended that despite the absence of relations between Iran and the US, they should hold talks and understand each other.

Meanwhile, 65 percent of the respondents opposed the EU's precondition that Iran should join the US-led anti-terrorism coalition and 18.5 percent favored it.

Furthermore, 70.4 percent of those asked do not considered the US administration reliable.

Some 62 percent of the people do not believe that the US government is sincere in its terrorism campaign while 65.6 percent do not believe in Washington's sincerity in defending democracy and freedom.

Some 55.8 percent of the public oppose the view that the US government is striving for the economic prosperity of other countries.

As for relations between Iran and the EU, 80.9 percent of those polled believe in upgrading the ties, 7.1 percent favor continuation of the ongoing level of relations and 3.3 percent call for restricting the ties.

Some 86.7 percent of the people opposed the EU precondition that Iran should observe human rights. 4.6 percent, however, opposed setting the precondition.

In the opinion poll, 71.4 percent of the citizens opposed the EU condition that Iran should agree to Israel's existence while 14.4 percent agreed to this condition.

Some 44.6 percent opposed the EU precondition that Iran should not have unconventional weapons of mass destruction and 41.8 percent favored it.

In one of the pollings half of those polled were male, while in two other cases the male subjects were more than the female ones. More than 60 percent of the people were married and within the 32 to 35 age group on average. Those holding high school diplomas constituted a major portion of those polled.

Meanwhile, based on an opinion poll conducted on 2,600 citizens by IRNA in September this year, the US likely attack on Iraq had been the most important event this summer in their opinion.