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NBC Goes ‘Behind the Scenes’ With Iranian ‘President’ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

But has it been staged?Considering the volatile and closed nature of Iranian governance, until now there has been no definitive way to know exactly what goes on in the daily happenings of the nation’s top officials.

But NBC’s “Today Show” has changed this dynamic, as news journalist Ann Curry is currently in Tehran, Iran, traveling around with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In describing the unprecedented media access, she explains:

“We were granted the first ever behind the scenes access to the daily schedule of Iran’s President Ahmadinejad, drawing back a curtain on one of the world’s most controversial and secretive leaders.”

But has it been staged?The intriguing footage (though it’s likely that the situations depicted were carefully crafted by the Iranian government) explains how the controversial leader starts each morning: Jogging with his security team, praying, weight lifting and the like.

Ahmadinejad’s staff claim that he only gets three hours of sleep per night, painting him as a fierce work-a-holic of sorts. According to accounts, Curry reports that, “Even Iran’s Supreme Leader has advised him to sleep more.”

Curry makes it a special point to mention the fact that Ahmadinejad monitors various newspapers each day. This, of course, includes Western media coverage.

But has it been staged?At one point during the first part of the “Today Show” coverage, Ahmadinejad visits a bizarre in an impoverished area of Iran. Curry asks, “Mr. President, why have you made this point to come to one of the poorest parts of Iran to highlight the arts and the crafts?”

Ahmadinejad gives a very positive response that focuses upon multiculturalism and the value of human beings, adding, “The main point is to integrate all the nations together.”

Curry boldly responds, “Including the United States?”

Ahmadinejad says, ”Everywhere that there’s a human.”

Later on in the report, he can be seen showing compassion to a man who claims he lost three sons in the nation’s war with Iraq. After viewers see Ahmadinejad hug the man, Curry explains that this scenario may be an effort ”…to remake his image at home and abroad.”

When it comes to the future of Iran, he explains:

“I want the same future as I want for every nation in the world. Peace, friendship, happiness and unity.”

But past comments about Israel and the United States, among other opponents, make this statement seem contradictory to say the least. After all, is it truly possible to mesh peace and friendship with the vocal call to wipe nations, like Israel, off of the map? Below, watch his past thoughts on the Holocaust:

His controversial statements are likely far from over, though. On Sunday, he reiterated his position that 9/11 was a complicated plan designed by the U.S. as a pre-text to Middle Eastern military invasions.

Below, watch Curry’s first report on her time with Ahmadinejad (another segment will follow on Tuesday’s edition of “Today”:

(h/t TVNewser)

Comments (96)

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  • therealconservative
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:40pm

    This is our future, with TeamO and Ron Paul, one and the same.

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    • getalong
      Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:04pm

      Just watched the debate. Ron Paul scares the crap out of me! As far as the Ahmibobjah interview, when is Ann going to ask him if he still plans on wiping Israel off the face of the earth, or when he will be done torturing the families of the two young men he took hostage. Does she plan on asking him about the thousands of Americans that the idiot has killed or is she just interested in what breakfast cereal he eats. Isn’t NBC owned by GE. What can you expect. Journalism is a dead in America.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:40am

      “I want the same future as I want for every nation in the world. Peace, friendship, happiness and unity.” wHAT He left out is he wants world chaos to bring in the 12th iman ! !
      THEN THERE WILL BE PEACE AND LOVE FOR A 1000 YRS ! ===== DEATH CULT ! !
      And he said “YOU WIPE iSRAEL OFF THE MAP BY CHANGING THE NAME BACK TO pALISTINE”
      jUST ONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THINK iRAN WANTS TO NUKE ISRAEL……………………….
      They want the land back and the Jews sent back to wherever !! But THAT AINT GONNA HAPPEN ! !
      sO Maybe he does or would use nukes if he had then We should tell Russia they’ll be held co -responsable…………………………………..

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 1:39am

      ron paul never said he wouldn’t help allies…
      he says very clearly, he does not want to occupy other nations and dictate their lives… then bomb them if they don’t comply…

      you do know that israel has nukes and a fairly decent military right?
      they also have allies closer to their land than we are… we don’t really need to preemptively strike iran… we are not ‘minority report’.

      basically what you are saying is this…
      if someone says they want a race wiped off the planet you are going arrest them for murder? better go arrest the black panters, the kkk, and every other racist in the world. … free speech when it suits your needs? wink wink nudge nudge … the fact is, they have said horrible stuff, and we have good intelligence… why not just watch every move they make and then intervene when they make a wrong move.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 6:08am

      What a piece of canine fecal matter,
      And i dont mean to insult canine fecal matter !

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 6:54am

      Well, it’s official, NBC has now become the media outlet of total evil. How can they even consider promoting someone who has time and time again, professed a desire to murder millions of people and destroy the world. Ann Curry, you are a fool!!!!

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 7:39am

      why any American would validate this killer is beyond belief
      why any women would cover her head to speak to a killer is beyond belief

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:06am

      No one told Iran that NBC is really the CIA. Our American spies are taking videos of all the Iranian secrets. NBC will help the US Military aim our cruse missals at Iranian vital centers so our aircraft can then destroy all their nuclear sites. Praise to NBC.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:10am

      Ann Curry, America’s Mata Hari

      How many of Iran‘s most powerful men have given secrets to America’s Mata Hari in exchange for a charm or two? NBC is the USA’s Trojan Horse.

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:39pm

    The real headline should read “NBC invited to be an integral part of Iranian propaganda campaign”. The whole thing is so ridiculous it’s pathetic, including the idiot reporter with her scarf covered head whoring herself out for the chance to lick his boots.

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    • wordweaver
      Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:31pm

      Precisely. Picking Ann Curry to get the straight scoop on this guy? Are you kidding me? Might as well have sent Hannah Montana or Sponge Bob. Ann is a train wreck from the git go, but really it is clear that they are putting on a show here. Even someone like Mike Wallace is not going to see what really goes on in this guy’s daily routine. Idiotic idea for a news story. Ann, make sure the President shows you his strictly peaceful nuclear reactor before you leave. Best part of this article was the author calling a bazaar a bizarre. Now that was worth a giggle. The rest is just sad.

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    • Oldtimer2
      Posted on September 12, 2011 at 11:29pm

      You are exactly right. If you ever had any illusions that NBC was a “real news channel”, this little piece of propaganda should clear things up for you. Ann Curry in burka head gear and PC-fawning all over Ahmadinejad is pretty blatant even for the main stream media. They have totally sold their souls, and cannot be trusted at all. NBC = Nothing But Crap.

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  • donh2
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:36pm

    A short clip from Triumph of Will…”We want to be one people..We want to see no more class divisions..We want our people to love peace”. The evil of Satanism achieves domination by charming the human being into a cruel submission to State through the seduction of moral illusions…. http://youtu.be/WEghwtj1lSU

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  • fcbs46
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:29pm

    Peace, friendship, happiness and unity.” and the reporter asks nothing about how this is going to occur. We know the plan is for Islam to reign supreme. When Islam takes all country’s then all of this will happen until then war war war by external and internal means like doubling the number of Mosques being built each year. Ya some peace-nick he is.

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  • homelouise
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:19pm

    Leave that bitch over there.

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    • EZDOZIT
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:11am

      If our women have to wear a head scarf to enter Iran, Ah Mad dinead must remove that jacket to enter US !

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:18pm

    “Behind the scenes”? Whaaat???? nbc IS ahmadinejad. nbc works out of the bho/gs house, satan’s house. This is NOT news.

    NEWS would be that nbc cancels its slavery to the noman’s non-administration and returns to JOURNALISM. Now THAT would be NEWS.

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  • Do Not Mess With Us Texas Proud
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:18pm

    On 9/10/11 the local newspaper san antonio express-news had multiple stories spread through out with emphasis in the religion section telling of the peaceful loving misunderstood “religion” islam is in the U.S. I am being told this over and over again but let someone write, say, or even draw something this peaceful group does not like and just see how long before a fatwa is issued for your death. Political correctness must stop now not all religions, groups, value systems are equal some are just evil !

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:04pm

    Why is this Ann Curry person (never heard of her) wearing a terror-rag on her head? Why is obama-controlled NBC giving the enemy a propaganda soapbox (as if we didn’t know)? Why is NBC still on the air?

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  • Dug2Dark
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:01pm

    Hey iranian boy, I’ve been on this earth for 50 yr.s & know life is nothing but ups & downs. For that said, Israel, thanks to the U S are down right now. But, I think 2012 is gonna change a lot of things & I think we will both be giving you a visit REAL SOON, so live it up while you can, because we have owed you a payback for way too long. So I‘m hoping it’s going to be a really big payback. People whake up, iran is nothing but a terrorist state. russia & china arm our enemies & ohb won’t sell our arms to the countries that stand against them. Arm sells =jobs & security. Energy= our greatest resource. The whohe entittrlement prgram should be reviewed.

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  • Julie2010
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:01pm

    Curry, you can just stay there. You deserve it.

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on September 13, 2011 at 2:40am

      Can we also send: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Barbara Walters, Barbara Streisand, Rosie O’Donell, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Garofalo, Maxine Waters, and Janet Napolitano?

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  • Alucard
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:59pm

    Nice propaganda piece I almost believe he is a changed man……give me a break. I wonder how Curry felt about being made to wear the head scarf? I’m sure they will give her an award for this ground breaking crap like they did for Katie.

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  • christos
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:55pm

    ……An interview certainly to brag about and be proud of like minded Big Liars.

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  • Zombee
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:49pm

    NBC loves to elevate and give a platform to despots, dregs , anti-Semites, and dirt-bag bast*rds like “the Chimpanzee” . It’s also curious how readily Ann Curry was willing to bow and submit to Islamic dhimmitude by donning the hijab to do this softball suck-up interview. No wonder they have so little viewership and credibility as a news organization.

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  • dsm
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:42pm

    I saw this on Drudge. Played the video and could not even believe what I was watching and listening to. Of course, he is all about peace for all nations as long as it is his definition of peace which is for the world to live under sharia law when his life long dream of a caliphate comes true.
    NBC are MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!! How many times has Glenn played video of this nut job vowing to wipe Israel and the US off the face of the earth.
    I can’t stand this deaf, dumb, and blind msm anymore.

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  • vires montesque vincimus
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:37pm

    Well it‘s nice to know Obama isn’t alone in practicing the art of propaganda. I‘m sure Joesph Goebels would be proud I’m sure.

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  • aesaac
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:37pm

    General Eisenhower Warned Us

    It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

    He did this because he said in words to this effect:
    ‘Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened’

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:36pm

    Couldn’t she take Katie and Meredith with her? Throw a burqa on them and they would fit right in, no problem. Just make sure they STAY THERE.

    On another note, I’m sure Lara Logan could give that Curry twit a different, and far more realistic view, of the way women are treated by that misogynistic, deviant death cult known to the rest of us as islam.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:35pm

    This is laughable it‘s similar to Mike Moore going to Cuba to get the big scoop that Cuba’s healthcare is the best in the world,lol.This ‘journalist’ is gonna walk around Tehran with the short guy who showers twice a year and she‘s gonna find out what’s happening in Iran hahaha.

    , Curry reports that, “Even Iran’s Supreme Leader has advised him to sleep more.” Yeah the mullas that run that country will probably see to it he takes a dirt nap because even they think he’s insane,and that’s pretty bad.

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  • Califmoma5
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:34pm

    This is what CNN did with Sadam Hussein! CNN was given access to the leader in exchange for no harsh words. I don‘t and won’t watch anything on NBC or CNN any more because in my book they are traitors to this country!

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  • bama54m
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:31pm

    I don’t want to watch anything coming from Iam-a-nut-job
    We have heard enough,they let this clown speak at the UN,,but no clergy allowed at ground zero.???

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  • TruthSpeaker
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:28pm

    you are smart – I read the dumb thing- like I expected enlightenment !! good grief………………funny

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  • cassandra
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:27pm

    Remember when Glenn Beck talked about the PR firm that pig hired? Well there you go, whats he going to be on next sesame street

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:26pm

    “Ahmadinejad visits a bizarre in an impoverished area of Iran”
    At first I thought that they must mean “bazaar” but I read on and realized that “bizarre” fits the story very well.

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  • FEMALL
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:20pm

    Hey NBC. Y U B Takin’ jobs from Al Jazeera?

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:17pm

    Refuse to even read this, give me a break.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:27pm

      “I want the same future as I want for every nation in the world. Peace, friendship, happiness and unity.” wHAT He left out is he wants world chaos to bring in the 12th iman ! !
      THEN THERE WILL BE PEACE AND LOVE FOR A 1000 YRS !———= DEATH CULT ! !

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    • chazman
      Posted on September 12, 2011 at 7:28pm

      … those in the State Controlled Media need to be beaten within an inch of their Liberal Marxist lives …

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