Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Here is one of the clever ways Ahmadinejad spins Iranian policies and social injustices. He re-describes an atrocity, lack of rights or lack of freedom in Iran in terms of something we value in the west. And of course, this results in a misdescription. In the following example (which you can watch here),* he re-describes women's lack of freedom in Iran as an exemption from responsibilities—out of respect !

"Women are respected in Iran.... Women are respected more than men are. They are exempt from many responsibilities; many of the legal responsibilities rest on the shoulders of men in our society, because of the respect culturally given to women, to the future mothers."

Watch raw video of the entire 81 minutes here.

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* This clip also includes the hilarious claim that there are no homosexuals in Iran.