(Wall Street Journal) Karim Sadjadpour - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting the UN General Assembly in New York this week. Here are some questions that journalists should ask him: Executions have increased four-fold since you became president in 2005, and Iran now executes more people per capita than any other country in the world. And according to Reporters Without Borders, Iran is now the world's "biggest prison for journalists." Do you take pride in your record? On June 15, 2009, nearly three million people, according to the mayor of Tehran, took to the streets to protest the election results. Given your confidence in your popular support, would you grant the opposition a permit to protest, and would you guarantee their safety? Would you agree to a UN-monitored referendum among Iranians to determine their political future? How did you react when your longtime ally Fidel Castro recently implored you to stop slandering the Jews? The writer is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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