Live Blog: Presidential Debate in Iran -- Foreign Policy

#Rezaei: We can only beat #US at sanctions game by reversing unemployment & strengthening our currency #Iran #Iran2013 #مناظره

— AJELive (@AJELive) June 7, 2013

Mohsen Rezai to Adel: United States is not talking with us directly because they want to buy their time.

RT @theiranpulse: Rezaei: Iran stuck between two groups, 1 who only chants "Resistance" and other says "it's over" sanctions have ruined us

— Scott Peterson (@peterson__scott) June 7, 2013

Adel: Solving the issue of international financial sanctions is our most pressing foreign policy concern

#IranElection Qalibaf: Talking to 6 powers shows we have disrupted American hegemony, our resistance is here. We've had success in our FP

— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) June 7, 2013

Gholam Ali haddad Adel, former parliament speaker, is up next after Qalibaf. He says Iran will never bow down to U.S. pressure and will remain independent. The U.S., he says, tried to ignore China for decades but finally reached out to Beijing.

RT @mohammadzaam: Adel: #Nuclear issue is an excuse,#US sanctioned us even before our nuc program. US'prob is our revolution since 1st day

— Scott Peterson (@peterson__scott) June 7, 2013

Qalibaf responds to comments/questions from the other candidates. He backs down a bit saying he was not criticizing Iran's foreign policies, but will "kiss the hands" of all those involved in orchestrating the country's international policies

Jalili takes a shot at reformist ex-president Khatami. 'What happened after Khatami began cooperating with the United States? They began calling Iran as part of an axis of evil

Said Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, criticizes Rafsanjani. He asks what was Rafsanjani's policy? "They iussued two arrest warrants against him"