"A standard bearer of peace and stability"

Last July The Guardian reported on the launch of Press TV, Iran's state-run English-language news channel:

At the launch of Press TV, at the headquarters of state broadcaster IRIB, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said its goal was to counter "propaganda" peddled by western channels. "Knowing the truth is the right of all human beings but the media today is the number one means used by the authorities to keep control," he said. "We scarcely know a media that does its duty correctly. Our media should be a standard bearer of peace and stability. "

I shall be taking part in a debate on Press TV's Forum show, presented by Andrew Gilligan, on Saturday afternoon. I think it's prerecorded, so I will find out when it will be shown; I believe the programme is broadcast online. The title of the debate is: "Is Iran inviting attacks?"

Not to give my debating line away, but I think this is the wrong question. It would be more appropriate to ask "Is Iran threatening attacks?", to which the prudent answer appears to me to be yes.