Ahmadinejad: "The Future Belongs to Iran"
"(CBS/AP) Updated at 11:36 p.m. ET
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2010
Ahmadinejad: "The Future Belongs to Iran"
Iranian President Says U.S. Gov't Must Recognize Iran as "Big Power", 2 Detained American Hikers Must Prove Innocence
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that "the future belongs to Iran," and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world.
The comments came in an hourlong interview with The Associated Press on the first day of his visit to the United States to attend the annual general assembly of the United Nations this week.
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He insisted that his government does not want an atomic bomb - something he has said in the past - and that Iran is only seeking peace and a nuclear-free world. He gave no indication of when Iran would resume talks on its nuclear program and said any anti-nuclear sanctions against his government would have no effect on his government's policies.
Appearing calm and self-assured, the Iranian president said he was pleased about the release of American hiker Sarah Shourd from a prison in Tehran, but said her two companions still in prison would have to prove their innocence on charges that they illegally crossed into the country.
"Ahmadinejad's defiance of U.N. sanctions and his demands for a swap of Iranians in U.S. custody for the two young American hikers still in prison in Iran are his opening salvos," said CBS Foreign Affairs Analyst Pamela Falk. "He is laying claim to a war of words with the U.S. that may dominate the U.N. General Assembly events."
Sally sez:
Keep your heads down boys and girls, there is a nutcase on the loose!
Just sayin'.
Sally.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2010
Ahmadinejad: "The Future Belongs to Iran"
Iranian President Says U.S. Gov't Must Recognize Iran as "Big Power", 2 Detained American Hikers Must Prove Innocence
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that "the future belongs to Iran," and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world.
The comments came in an hourlong interview with The Associated Press on the first day of his visit to the United States to attend the annual general assembly of the United Nations this week.
Obama at the U.N.: Seems Not Like Old Times
He insisted that his government does not want an atomic bomb - something he has said in the past - and that Iran is only seeking peace and a nuclear-free world. He gave no indication of when Iran would resume talks on its nuclear program and said any anti-nuclear sanctions against his government would have no effect on his government's policies.
Appearing calm and self-assured, the Iranian president said he was pleased about the release of American hiker Sarah Shourd from a prison in Tehran, but said her two companions still in prison would have to prove their innocence on charges that they illegally crossed into the country.
"Ahmadinejad's defiance of U.N. sanctions and his demands for a swap of Iranians in U.S. custody for the two young American hikers still in prison in Iran are his opening salvos," said CBS Foreign Affairs Analyst Pamela Falk. "He is laying claim to a war of words with the U.S. that may dominate the U.N. General Assembly events."
Sally sez:
Keep your heads down boys and girls, there is a nutcase on the loose!
Just sayin'.
Sally.
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