The body language analyst on my fav show, The O'Reilly Factor, said that the president of Iran was trying to look powerful and assertive through his hand gestures. But he was rather nervous based on how much he kept licking his lips. So much for sexy LL Cool J.
It is interesting that he received laughter when he talked about gays in Iran but applause when he said something to the effect of "when we invite you to speak in Iran, we form opinions after you have spoken, not beforehand..." Basically attempting to fuel the debate on American free speech. Booooo.