Live Blog: Presidential Debate in Iran -- Foreign Policy

Rohani is up next on the podium. We could see some explosive comments here...

Adel: We should improve our economic/financial infrastrcuture so we can get around sanctions imposed by the U.S.

Velayati: The Iran-Iraq war was a much more difficult foreign policy challenge than the current nuclear negotiations with the West

Velayati: We've always had foreign policy challenges. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Iraq attacked Iran, with Baghdad supported by dozens of countries

#Rezaei: We can only beat #US at sanctions game by reversing unemployment & strengthening our currency #Iran #Iran2013 #مناظره

— AJELive (@AJELive) June 7, 2013

Mohsen Rezai to Adel: United States is not talking with us directly because they want to buy their time.

RT @theiranpulse: Rezaei: Iran stuck between two groups, 1 who only chants "Resistance" and other says "it's over" sanctions have ruined us

— Scott Peterson (@peterson__scott) June 7, 2013

Adel: Solving the issue of international financial sanctions is our most pressing foreign policy concern

#IranElection Qalibaf: Talking to 6 powers shows we have disrupted American hegemony, our resistance is here. We've had success in our FP

— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) June 7, 2013

Gholam Ali haddad Adel, former parliament speaker, is up next after Qalibaf. He says Iran will never bow down to U.S. pressure and will remain independent. The U.S., he says, tried to ignore China for decades but finally reached out to Beijing.