Velayati May Run for Iran President as Calm to Ahmadinejad Storm
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Ali Akbar Velayati was addressing the United Nations as Iran’s foreign minister when a dissident rushed onstage, snatched his speech and tore it up. As security wrestled the man away, Velayati waited calmly with his hands in his pockets.
“A member of our delegation had a copy of the text, which he immediately brought to me,” said Velayati, recalling the early 1980s episode for Iran’s state television. “I flipped to page 10, where I remember having left off, and continued.”