Ahmadinejad slams Arab leaders for putting pressure on Syria

Описание: (29 Jan 2012) SHOTLIST
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1. Ahmadinejad approaches podium to make a speech at a the International Islamic Awakening and Youths conference
2. Wide of cameramen
3. Wide of conference
4. Pan from guests at the conference which include Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General, Ramadan Abdullah, Ibrahim Jafari, former Iraqi prime minister and Ammar Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President:
"One of the bitter and of course ridiculous scenes is that in our region some people (referring to Arab leaders), who don't have any concept of election and freedom in their culture, have gathered and want to issue freedom and democracy decrees for others (referring to Syria)."
6. Wide of participants chanting slogan (Arabic) "The nations want freedom for Palestine "
7. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President:
"(Reacting to US and Western pressures to impose further sanctions and possible military intervention on Syrian) Today they are planning to strike Syria and if it is done, then it is your (Arab leaders such Qatar, Saudi) turn."
8. Wide of conference
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President:
"Democracy will not come out through the guns of America and America's allied countries. They will not bring and impose anything but poverty and humiliation on nations. Do they enjoy democracy themselves so that they can present it to us as a gift?"
10. Zoom out from Ahmadinejad leaving the podium to participants clapping and cheering
STORYLINE:
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed Arab leaders on Sunday for putting pressure on Syria, mocking them for their talk of democracy.
Ahmadinejad was speaking at the start of an international conference in Tehran on youth and Islamic awakening.
In his speech the Iranian president scoffed at Arab leaders and claimed that after the US and other world powers finished off Syria, they would come after them.
"Today they are planning to strike Syria and if it is done, then it is your turn," Ahmadinejad said.
Ammar al-Hakim, a powerful cleric and leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Ibrahim Jafari, the former Iraqi Prime Minister, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ramadan Abdullah were among those attending.
Ahmadinejad said: "Democracy will not come out through the guns of America and American allied countries. They will not bring and impose anything but poverty and humiliation for nations. Do they enjoy democracy themselves so that they can present it to others as gift?"
The Arab League halted its observer mission in Syria on Saturday because of escalating violence that killed nearly 100 people the past three days.
The rising bloodshed has added urgency to new attempts by Arab and Western countries to find a resolution to the 10 months of violence that according to the United Nations has killed at least 5,400 people as President Bashar Assad seeks to crush persistent protests demanding an end to his rule.
The United Nations is holding talks on a new resolution on Syria and next week will discuss an Arab peace plan aimed at ending the crisis.

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