Report: Ahmadinejad says he wants public talks with Obama

[bijou]

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in "negotiations" before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday.

Speaking at a meeting of medical school deans, Ahmadinejad said Iran "will soon pursue a new round of diplomatic activity" amid a new position of strength for the Iranian government, the Iranian Student News Agency quotes him as saying.

"I will go to the United Nations and will invite Obama to negotiations," Ahmadinejad said, adding that such talks would be "in front of the international media, not a sit-down behind closed doors in order to talk about matters."

The Obama administration has sought dialogue with Iran but also criticized the government for its handling of unrest after disputed presidential elections.

Last week, Obama said Iran's government must justify itself not in the eyes of the United States, but in the opinion of its own people. ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/04/iran.ahmadinejad.obama/index.html

[thundley4]

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/04/iran.ahmadinejad.obama/index.html

LMAO,  0Bama will not face to face with him in the open, and I doubt that he'll let Hillary or anyone else do so either. The risk of humiliation is just too great. 

Then there are the rumored executions of the British embassy employees to consider. There is also this : Twenty Drug Traffickers Swing in Iran.