Iran's leader calls for TV debate with Bush

[PELLA]

Iran's leader calls for TV debate with Bush
POSTED: 11:10 a.m. EDT, August 29, 2006
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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on U.S. President George W. Bush to participate in a "direct television debate with us," so Iran can voice its point of view on how to end world predicaments.

"But the condition is that there can be no censorship, especially for the American nation," he said Tuesday.

The White House called the offer to debate Bush a "diversion" from international concerns over Iran's nuclear program, Reuters reported.

During during a news conference in Tehran, Ahmadinejad also blamed "special concessions" granted to the United States and Britain as "the root cause of all the problems in the world."

"At the Security Council, where they have to protect security, they enjoy the veto right. If anybody confronts them, there is no place to take complaints to."

His comments came two days before a deadline set by a U.N. Security Council resolution for the Islamic republic to suspend uranium enrichment or face possible sanctions.

Although he did not directly address the U.N. deadline, Ahmadinejad said '"nobody can prevent" Iran from its right to a "peaceful, nuclear program."

"I think the time has passed to speak of the Security Council and the tools they can use to force a country to do certain things," he said.

Ahmadinejad said he would reject any suspension of enrichment, even if requested by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan during an upcoming visit to Iran. (Full story)

Iran has until Thursday to agree to halt the enrichment program, which Tehran maintains is part of a civilian nuclear program to generate power.

Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to master technology to produce nuclear weapons.

The U.N. Security Council resolution, approved on July 31, would pave the way for the Tehran regime -- if it complies -- to receive financial incentives.

The United States has also held out the possibility of resuming direct contacts with Iran, more than 25 years after the two countries broke off diplomatic relations.

Last week, Tehran offered to resume negotiations about its nuclear program but did agree to halt uranium enrichment before any talks take place. (Full story)

If the Iranians do not accept the U.N.'s incentives offer by Thursday, the Security Council will discuss a resolution proposing economic sanctions on Iran.

While such a move is backed by three of the council's permanent members -- the United States, Britain and France -- the two others, Russia and China, have been cool to the idea and could use their veto to block a sanctions resolution.

Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official on Tuesday invited Western companies to bid for tenders to build nuclear plants, The Associated Press reported from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"We have had ... another 21 thousand megawatts of nuclear power plants approved by the parliament that will be built in the next 20 years," Seyed Ala'addin Barojerdi, chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Affairs Commission, was quoted as saying.

"(The) international tenders for building of two of these nuclear power plants have been so far presented and we would be willing to see the Western companies participate in these projects," he said.

Western nations have been closing watching developments in Iran's nuclear program for signs of compliance. In recent days, Tehran has made public displays of new technologies and facilities.

On Sunday, state television reported that Iran test fired a long-range, radar-evading missile from a submarine in the Gulf as part of war games that began earlier this month. (Full story)

Some analysts interpreted the test and war games as thinly veiled threats that Iran could disrupt vital oil shipping lanes if pushed by an escalation in the nuclear dispute, according to Reuters.

A day earlier, Ahmadinejad officially opened a heavy-water production plant that he said would serve medical, agricultural and scientific needs. (Full story)

Video broadcast on Iranian television showed the president touring the plant in the central Iran city of Arak along with Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.

Heavy water is used in preparing uranium for nuclear weapons, but it is also useful for medical purposes, such as nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, according to Reuters.

"No one can deprive a nation of its rights based on its capabilities," the agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying in his speech to inaugurate the project.

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Bush would get ass raped.

 

[Eric]

The sad truth is that Bush would get destroyed. Although it'd be a below IQ debate period.

 

[PuffnScruff]

the only thing you would hear from the iranian president "you are a jew lover"

 

[Lil KaMiKaZe]

the only thing you would hear from the iranian president "you are a jew lover"

...

 

[Dante]

the only thing you would hear from the iranian president "you are a jew lover"

yes and then bush would go on some unrehearsed circular logic reply that would be fodder for all new bush sound bytes. a lunatic and an idiot. that's a debate, folks.

 

[PuffnScruff]

yes and then bush would go on some unrehearsed circular logic reply that would be fodder for all new bush sound bytes. a lunatic and an idiot. that's a debate, folks.

lol exactly, this would be the tv event of the year and get more ratings than american idol, but tony snow is a smart man and would never let something like this go down.

 

[AmerikazMost]

I would plan my week around this debate.

 

[Dave D]

The sad thing is so did saddam hussein a few weeks before the war in that Dan Rather interview. Scary stuff..

 

[PELLA]

the sad part is that the states are gonna say something like: "we dont negotiate with terrorists" or some other bullshit just to try and get out of it. Everyone knows Bush would lose.

 

[Preach]

if iran gets nuclear weapons we're all gonna die!!!

 

[Dante]

if iran gets nuclear weapons we're all gonna die!!!

mmmm, snowcones with extra protons.
more please.

 

[EDouble]

Everyone knows Bush would lose.

lmao
only shit on tv about shit over there the past months has been bout nuclear weapons and we talk about who would win the debate.

Unless the shit declared a draw or some shit, if theresa winner/loser we all gonna lose

 

[bigmack]

the only thing you would hear from the iranian president "you are a jew lover"

not really. unlike your president, the iranian president is very clever. i suggest you watch his interview on 60 minutes

http://virtualmagic.blogspot.com/2006/08/mahmoud-ahmadinejad.html

use IE for this page because firefox doesnt work

and mike wallace is a fat bitch

 

[PuffnScruff]

the 60 minutes interview was a joke. come on david i would expect you to be able too see through that b.s.

check out some of his speeches that are not shown in mainstream media, its mostly jews are evil type shit

 

[Shahin]

I wish someone would kill him already. Preferably an angry mob.

 

[bigmack]

the 60 minutes interview was a joke. come on david i would expect you to be able too see through that b.s.

check out some of his speeches that are not shown in mainstream media, its mostly jews are evil type shit

the only joke about the 60 minutes interview was mike wallace. he was being disrespectful. steve,stop being a hypocrit. you question the iranian president's opinion on the jews, yet you support a president that kills muslims.

 

[GhettoStar]

Ur a joke. U forget that Iran want Iseral wiped off the map, the murder of woman and child. Sure the US made mistakes but if we really wanted 2 the Muslims in Iraq and so forth would B gone. If Iran had the power we have this would B with any1 not Muslim. U need 2 stop with this bias shit. One man does not make a nation

 

[Shahin]

Ur a joke. U forget that Iran want Iseral wiped off the map, the murder of woman and child.

Prove it. The speech by Ahmadinejad which has been publicly made out to be a call to murder every jew was really about ending Zionism. Ending communism in the Soviet Union did not mean killing every russian did it?

 

[bigmack]

Ur a joke. U forget that Iran want Iseral wiped off the map, the murder of woman and child. Sure the US made mistakes but if we really wanted 2 the Muslims in Iraq and so forth would B gone. If Iran had the power we have this would B with any1 not Muslim. U need 2 stop with this bias shit. One man does not make a nation

you're just like everyone else, you believe whatever is being fed to you without checking the facts. proof that your people are controlled by the government with fear. i really feel sorry for your kind

 

[Eric]

Be careful or bigmack will definitely hack you at midnight.