Live Blog: Presidential Debate in Iran -- Foreign Policy

Rezai: Foreign policies need "fundamental change." We need "targeted policies." The nuclear negotiations must bear fruit, we should not hesitate because with every passing day sanctions are doing more damage

Rohani: Nuclear issue will only be resolved with real negotiations, not just announcements. Iran's foreign policy should be in the hands of skilled, experienced people not people who don't know what they're talking about. Only then will we succeed in negotiations.

Velayati tells Jalili that Iranians see nuclear negotiations as futile, people are concerned about the intensification of economic sanctions

RT @MKhalaj: Velayati to Jalili: What people see are fruitless talks and intensification of sanctions.

— Scott Peterson (@peterson__scott) June 7, 2013

Jalili says Iran's foreign policy must be based on "pure Islam"

Velayati and Jalili really going at each other. Both candidates hurling harsh criticism at the other.

Velayati slams Jalili's nuclear negotiations, saying his diplomacy is not actually diplomacy. Velayati says Jalili is not being rational in talks with P5+1. Velayati says Jalili's duty is to protect Iran's nuclear rights and to get sanctions on the country removed. None of them have been achieved, Velayati says.

Attention turns to nuclear diplomacy. Velayati says the current displomacy is deeply flawed

Qalibaf says while Velayati was "having coffee" with ex-French President Francois Miterrand, he was being shot by bullets in the battlefield. Qalibaf was a senior IRGC commander and fought in the war. Qalibaf emphasizing his role in the war.

Tehran mayor Qalibaf criticizes former Foreign Minister Velayati for his foreign policy during the war with Iraq in the 1980s. The eight-year war is taking center stage at the debate right now.