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If I were President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, I would be feeling a little nervous after watching Obama’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly this morning.

First of all, Obama made it clear that his administration is still holding open a door of diplomacy “should Iran choose to walk through it.” But it remains incumbent on Iran to prove to the world that its nuclear intentions are peaceful.

Then he turned to human rights. Now, the Islamic Republic of Iran is already paranoid about a “velvet revolution” that could threaten its power. That explains its crackdown on the Iranian opposition since Ahmadinejad was reelected in last year’s contested elections, after which hundreds of people were imprisoned, many tortured and at least three killed.

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