- We have asked to become members of the U.N. Security Council...If we become members we will fight for the rights of oppressed countries.... If they don't let us [join the U.N. Security Council], their democracy will be questioned. Regardless what happens we will win....
- [Regarding opening of the American-Iranian Council's office in Tehran], it is not the U.S. which must give a permission, but us. This office is not an issue at all and the important matter is that U.S. hegemony has reached the end of the road and [the U.S.] must change behavior...
- With regard to a U.S. interest section in Iran, they seem to be busy with their own elections...It really does not make any difference who will come to power in the U.S. Our position shall remain the same...The reason why Obama says he wants to negotiate with Iran in case he is elected into office is that he knows it is what the people want. Those who are intelligent always say what the people want in order to improve their vote...
- There has been a major transformation of our relations with the U.S., because we have managed to conduct effective public diplomacy and have managed to establish contact with the people of the U.S....
- The U.S. nation has found out that the U.S. government has lied to them for the past thirty years. Therefore they are very interested in expanding relations with Iran... It is not true that the key for solving our problems is solving the problem of our relations with the U.S....The Americans can't even manage themselves and save their own country, not to mention saving other countries..."
(From the Iran News Round Up)
Full Article: http://www.mideastmonitoring.com/2008/10/iran-news-round-up-oct-18-ahmadinejad.html
