Tehran Times & Payvand News.com reported that an Academic Delegation of faculty will visit Tehran and apologize to Ahmadinejad and express regret for the "...insulting remarks Columbia University President Lee Bollinger directed at Ahmadinejad on September 24 in his introductory speech..." January 8, 2008When Fascist President Ahmadinejad visited Columbia University President Bollinger called Iranian "...a pretty cruel dictator" who lacked the "intellectual courage" to offer any real answers on denying the Holocaust, who persecuted Women and Scholars in Iran.
Yesterday David Stone, a spokesperson at Columbia University said, "The University has no knowledge or information about the claims being made in the Iranian media." Gary Sick, a Professor at Columbia University specializing in Middle Eastern studies confirmed the report by the Iranian news is false saying, "There is no truth to it whatsoever." Likewise Richard Bulliet, a Professor of History at the Middle East Institute at Columbia University also denied the report by the Iranian press saying, "...had not heard of it...there is no intention on the part of Columbia Administration to authorize a delegation." The New York Sun, January 09, 2008
