1. a) What is the capital of Iran?
b) Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

2. Why did Mr. Ahmadinejad say that President Obama should apologize to the Iranian people?

3. List the actions Mr. Ahmadinejad says President Obama should take to show real change in his administration.

4. What did President Obama say about his policy toward Iran in an interview with an Arab TV station earlier this week?

5. What does Mr. Ahmadinejad think of President Obama's offer of using diplomacy in his policy toward Iran?

6. a) What have the U.S. and other members of the UN Security Council offered to do if Iran ends its uranium enrichment program (which they are using to build nuclear weapons)?
b) How has Tehran (the Iranian government) responded?

7. Iran denies that its nuclear program is intended to build weapons. The world knows that they are building nuclear weapons. The Bush administration declined to negotiate directly with Iran. President Obama has said he favors tough and direct diplomacy with Iran without
preconditions, and that his administration, working with allies, will seek a comprehensive settlement with Iran to end its nuclear ambitions.
Read the information on Iran's nuclear program and the NPT under "Background" below.
Do you think President Obama's plan to use tough diplomacy will work with a man like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Explain your answer.