Mohammed Khatami, the president of Iran, held a press conference during the summit. After a long wait going through the security queue, I managed to get inside; unfortunately, the receiver I was using to pick up the translation failed for most of the event. At least I got to take some closeups of him afterwards, though.

	Journalists getting searched after going through the metal detector.		Khatami's press conference was the only one I attended that had such a high level of security.
	Khatami begins the press conference.		David Steven, left, hammers away at his wireless laptop to post messages to his DailySummit.net blog.
	Khatami answering questions from the press.
			UN security stands guard during the press conference.
	Khatami jokes with a journalist about how well she speaks Farsi.		Khatami would take notes about each reporter's question as they were translated into Farsi.
			Khatami imitates Groucho Marx while straining to hear a question from the back of the room.
			After the press conference, a handful of Arabic and Farsi-speaking journalists stick around for a more personal chat with the president.

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