About long history of Iranian Hatred of Jews http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/788glfwm.asp
Küntzel is of cause right with his analysis. I am surprised to read his text in English. He seems to come around.
was he a leftists ? because that magazine is conservative
I think he is the typical changed leftist. Henryk Broder is one of this type too.
I think today is their worldview mainly liberal, perhaps with a little leftist impact.
Of course he is a religious person. He is praying to the god of human rights. :-(
But better than to Allah or Marx ...