I poked around looking at the issue, and it looks like Paul did appear on Al-Jazeera, but was only quoted by Iranian state TV after his debate appearance. I don’t like the idea of appearing on Al-Jazeera, but it’s not quite to the same degree as appearing on Iran’s state channel.
There is more. I have to search to refind the links. there have been several articles posted here on FR with links. One specifically dealt with Israel’s nukes and the poster was nearly hysterical over it.