Live Blog: Presidential Debate in Iran -- Foreign Policy

Ghalibaf: BBC & VOA mis-quoted my speech about unrest at 1999 Tehran University dorms (massive protests and repression). #iranelection

— Negar Mortazavi (@negarmortazavi) June 7, 2013

Qalibaf reminds Rohani that he did not give permission for students to protest during his own time

Assume they are talking about Mohamed ElBaradei book "The Age of Deception" on international nuclear negotiations. Buy it here.

Rohani: My goal for foreign policy is to install peace and security in all aspects of life

Jalili quotes directly from Baradei book:what EU offered Iran was nothing. Page 144 & you said in your book Iran got nothing #iranelection

— Madi J © (@iShahrzad) June 7, 2013

Rohani on freedom. Liberty should "be felt" he says. Iranians should be allowed to express their opinions and vote for who they want without any restrictions. Rohani also says all of Iran's different ethnic groups should feel they have equal rights. We need "national dignity" he says. Importantly, Rohani says Iran needs "moderation" in both its domestic and foreign policies. "We don't need extremism," he says, a shot at Ahmadinejad's provocative foreign policy approach

Rohani is up next on the podium. We could see some explosive comments here...

Adel: We should improve our economic/financial infrastrcuture so we can get around sanctions imposed by the U.S.

Velayati: The Iran-Iraq war was a much more difficult foreign policy challenge than the current nuclear negotiations with the West

Velayati: We've always had foreign policy challenges. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Iraq attacked Iran, with Baghdad supported by dozens of countries