( CNN ) -- Most Iranians support nuclear inspections , a democratic government and normal relations with the United States , a poll by a U.S.-based organization has found . A majority said President Ahmadinejad has not kept his promise to `` put oil money on the table of the people . '' Terror Free Tomorrow found 80 percent of Iranians support full inspections and a guarantee not to develop nuclear weapons in return for aid from other countries . Slightly more than half , however , said they still favor the development of nuclear weapons and think the country would be safer with them . Developing the weapons is considered a `` very important '' priority for just 29 percent of those polled . But when presented with an option to give up nuclear weapons development in return for outside aid , only 17 percent still supported nuclear weapons development . The economy is more important to Iranians than developing nuclear weapons . Eighty-eight percent said they want economic improvement to be the government 's top priority . The poll also found 56 percent think President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has failed to keep his campaign promise to `` put oil money on the table of the people themselves . '' Additionally , 61 percent of those interviewed `` were willing to tell our pollsters over the phone that they oppose the current Iranian system of government , where the Supreme Leader rules according to religious principles and can not be chosen or replaced by direct vote of the people . '' Instead , 79 percent support a democratic system in which leaders are elected through free , direct elections . And while nearly two-thirds support financial assistance for opposition groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah , 55 percent of Iranians support recognizing Israel and Palestine as independent states in exchange for normal relations with the United States . Terror Free Tomorrow , which has prominent Democrats and Republicans on its advisory board , conducted interviews in Farsi with 1,000 Iranians by telephone last month . The sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points . `` Face-to-face interviewing in Iran can be difficult for interviewers who risk possible prosecution and imprisonment . The last poll to ask similar controversial questions was conducted in September 2002 by Abbas Abdi inside Iran , who was imprisoned as a result , '' Terror Free Tomorrow said in its report on the poll . The group said its interviews , about evenly split between men and women , were `` proportionally distributed according to the population covering all 30 provinces of Iran . '' The group 's advisory board includes Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona , and the co-chairs of the 9-11 commission , Lee Hamilton , a Democrat , and Tom Kean , a Republican . The group says it was also chosen as a participant in the 2006 Clinton Global Initiative . E-mail to a friend .
Poll shows 80 percent of Iranians are in favor of full nuclear inspections . Iran says it is not seeking a bomb, but wants to develop atomic energy for peaceful purposes. 79 percent support system in which leaders elected through free , direct elections . Terror Free Tomorrow , a U.S.-based group , conducted interviews last month .