Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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AFP: Rare criticism in Iran of Ahmadinejad rhetoric on Israel - 'A top Iranian cleric made a rare criticism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's verbal attacks on Israel on Wednesday, saying a foreign policy of "coarse slogans" was not in the national interest..."Does foreign policy mean expressing coarse slogans and grandstanding?" Rowhani asked in a speech to a foreign policy conference in Tehran "This is not a foreign policy. We need to find an accommodating way to decrease the threats and assure the interests of the country."