US dismisses Iranian invitation to Bush

WASHINGTON - The White House scoffed Tuesday at an Iranian university`s invitation to US President George W. Bush to address its campus, saying he was "not taking it too seriously."
"If Iran was a free and democratic society that allowed its people freedom of expression, and wasn`t pursuing nuclear weapons, and wasn`t advocating to destroy the country of Israel, the president might consider that invitation," said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
"But I think that we`re not taking it too seriously," she told reporters.
Her comments came after the head of Ferdowsi University in Iran`s second city of Mashhad, one of the oldest universities in the country, said Bush should visit to answer questions from students and lecturers on human rights and terrorism.
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10/02/2007 13:37 GMT