Live Blog: Presidential Debate in Iran -- Foreign Policy

Velayati says he can resolve Iran's nuclear issue by insisting on Iran's enrichment right and using "intelligent diplomacy"

Velayati says resolving the nuclear issue is easier than accepting the 598 resolution, which ended the Iran-Iraq war

Velayati seems to have bad handwriting! Seems he can't understand what he wrote on his piece of paper. Velayati pausing constantly.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

— Scott Peterson (@peterson__scott) June 7, 2013