By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Chancellors of six Iranian universities and academic centres have expressed indignation over the aggressive tone and degrading behaviour of head of Columbia University Lee Bollinger in hosting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
They forwarded a protest letter to Bollinger to voice outrage over his ignorance of the principle of hosting the president of Iran, a country of great civilization and a 7,000-year history.
“It is a shame for an academic centre that such hateful and impolite words are uttered by its president. It is regretful that the media owners easily elicit what they want the president of a reputable university to say in his lecture,” they said in the letter Tuesday.
“Your statement about Iran was full of undocumented charges brought by the media and some of which were the outcome of misunderstanding which needs dialogue and closer study,” it said.
The Iranian academics posed 10 questions to Bollinger in return for the 10 questions he asked Ahmadinejad.
They extended an invitation to Bollinger to visit Iran and talk with intellectuals and ordinary people to see for himself the realities in the Islamic Republic.