Ahmadinejad Invites Bush to Speak at Iranian University
QuestionGirl September 28th, 2007 - 3:19 pmHe’d accept but the problem is he can’t speak.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has extended an invitation to U.S. President George W. Bush to speak at an Iranian university if the American leader ever traveled to the Islamic Republic, state-run television reported Friday.
As part of his controversial trip to New York, the hardline Iranian leader spoke Monday at Columbia University, where he faced hostile questioning and a combative introduction by the university’s president, who said Ahmadinejad exhibited “all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator.”
“If their president plans to travel to Iran, we will allow him to make a speech” at a university, Ahmadinejad told state TV before leaving New York to travel to South America earlier this week.
His comments were aired on state TV Friday and signaled an unusual readiness by Iran to receive an American president after more than a quarter century with no diplomatic ties.
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