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Dear Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

I, like many other people reading the papers this morning, will have mixed feelings about your trip to America.  With the best will in the world, your previous comments about the US government and their role in international politics makes it hard to believe your sentiments expressed yesterday, such as your denial that Iran wants a nuclear bomb.

Whether or not you appreciate the instability in the Middle East, you must understand that your war of words with America has led to a heightened level of tension in the eyes of many countries around the world.  Your failure to comply with the United Nations on many occasions has compounded the suspicion directed at your leadership.  I hope that your trip and accompanying speeches will demonstrate beyond doubt that you will work with the international community instead of becoming an obstacle to peace.  I’m sure that the media in the UK and USA have done their best to demonise you at every available opportunity, and with some degree of success, but there is still plenty of time for you to silence your critics.  Please don’t waste this chance of preventing a war in Iran – the West doesn’t want a war, and I hope you don’t either.

Yours sincerely,

A.Tory