"Today, our mission is to introduce Iran to the world people as beautiful and powerful it is," said President Ahmadinejad in an address to a group of reporters on the occasion of the Reporter's Day (August 7).



President Ahmadinejad said that any success in presenting a realistic picture of Iran's abundant potential to the world people would help change others' attitude towards the country.



The president said that mediapersons in Iran have set movement towards message of peace, justice, perfection and love as their target despite shortcomings in the way.



August 7 has been designated as the Journalist Day in Iran after IRNA reporter Mahmoud Saremi was martyred in cold blood along with eight Iranian diplomats at Iranian Consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif when the Taleban militia toppled the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani in 1998.

Tehran, Aug 8, IRNA