title: disrespecting the american imperial presidency
text: slovenian president borut pahor said today in an unexpected visit to the iranian parliament i respect the work you do and i wish you all the best  shares
     
  according to mehr news agency slovenian president borut pahor who had traveled to iran yesterday paid an unexpected visit to parliament after meeting with speaker ali larijani
  president pahor spoke to parliament for a few minutes saying it brings me great honor that i a president of slovenia am addressing you from this podium
  he added i came to your beautiful country yesterday and have met with many of the kind people of iran with a goal in mind to attempt to establish the best political and economic relations possible between the islamic republic of iran and the republic of slovenia
  he also expressed hope for the opening of a slovenian embassy in tehran saying ive had excellent meetings with the political leaders of iran and also with the esteemed leader and ive seen that there is great potential for good relations between our two countries
  for years ive served slovenia as an mp and speaker parliament is the essential core of democracy in all countries and i greatly respect the work you do and wish you all the best
  yesterday in a meeting with irans leader the slovenian president said he had held very good talks with senior iranian officials and expressed his countrys interest in deepening relations with iran in all fields
  pahor added that iran and slovenia share plenty of common experience and enjoy great potential for cooperation
  for his part ayatollah khamenei said that iran and slovenia enjoy great potentialities and capacities to bolster cooperation and expressed hope that the future would back up the tuesday talks