Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters that his letter his letter to President George W. Bush "did not concern the nuclear dossier, but rather was an invitation to Islam and the prophets culture".
In other words, submit.
"We act according to laws and our activities are quite clear. We are rather intent on solving more fundamental global matters.
"The letter was an invitation to monotheism and justice, which are common to all divine prophets. If the call is responded positively, there will be no more problems to be solved," added the president.
Oh, and about those talks?
"We hold talks with our allies, such as Indonesia, quite smoothly. However those intending to speak to us with authority should attempt to change their attitude," he added.
Oh, and that pesky nuclear thingie?
In response to a question about suspension of enrichment, the president said that Iran will agree to suspend the process only if all those having access to nuclear fuel will suspend theirs and let their relevant facilities be inspected.
"Otherwise, we do not find it necessary to suspend our uranium enrichment and consider the call for it as unfair and will continue to reject it,"
In reply to another question whether Iran will need the assistance of other Islamic states in its nuclear issue, he said that the country has the potential to defend itself.
That was as translated and reported by IRNA.
So in other words:
UPDATE: I'm not the only one seeing this. Klein Verzet is seeing the problem. Flares Into Darkness has a very scary take. A Blog For All has more round-up. There are more, but I tried to get a few different people than the usual suspects on this. Houston, we have a problem.
