Check out this fantastic article written by an Iranian reporter. He takes a roadtrip through Iran prior to the election and there are many great insights and interviews with people of all strata and regions of Iranian society. There is a great deal of knowledge of the west. Even poor cab drivers/police officers mention that their concern is just their own lives. They don't go out of their way to hate America or Isreal. Even a kid prior to the election was prescient enough to see that if Ahmadinejad was re-elected, the system would go into chaos. I really liked the part comparing the bargaining that happens in an Iranian bazaar with their religionship with America in that the bargaining Iran is doing is the same as business. It's not an emotional one. It's not outright hate.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/199144