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LONDON — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wishes the world a merry Christmas, even though he thinks much of it is in crisis because, he said, the West’s “bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist” leaders have strayed far from Jesus’ path.
In a recorded message to air today on Britain’s Channel 4, Ahmadinejad praises Christianity but goes on to say that if Christ returned to Earth, “he would fight against the tyrannical policies of prevailing global economic and political systems.”
The Iranian president was invited to speak to the British public as part of the channel’s annual “Alternative Christmas Message,” following an address by Queen Elizabeth II.
