Iranian President Hassan Rouhani calls for National Debate in Bahrain
By Jason Rezaian, Published: September 22 E-mail the writer
TEHRAN — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chose an unlikely setting on Sunday to underscore his government’s new opening to the West — a military parade, which has been used in past years to showcase new weapons or progress on Iran’s nuclear program.
In a speech, Rouhani said that if the United States and other Western nations “accept the rights of Iranians, our nation will stand for peace, friendship and cooperation, and together we can solve regional and even global problems.”
Also Mr. Rouhani called upon the International community to boost a National Debate in Bahrain to resolve their problems asserting on the right of the peoples in the region to determine their own fate.