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Iranian President Blames IAEA for Pursuing US Will
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the UN nuclear watchdog of being in the pocket of the United States and illegally releasing the names of three nuclear scientists who were then assassinated by Israeli-trained killers.
In a wide-ranging interview Thursday evening with The Associated Press, he also stressed that explosive material - and not airliners alone - brought down the World Trade Center, attacked US policies from Libya to Afghanistan, and said when his second and final term ends in two years "new elections will be held and someone else will occupy this office".
The interview took place hours after Ahmadinejad lashed out at America at the UN General Assembly for its hegemonic policies and militaristic approaches.
Yet, Ahmadinejad told the AP that it isn't too late for President Barack Obama to carry out his election pledge to improve ties with Iran after three decades of enmity.
"I don't believe that this is a chance that has been completely lost," he said.
"He could have chosen not to continue the wrong path chosen by his predecessor - and he can still do so," Ahmadinejad said. "Animosity with Iran will not yield any results, will not give them any benefit."
Ahmadinejad insisted Iran's nuclear program is peaceful and repeated an offer to meet with world powers to discuss nuclear issues. But he also warned that "the nuclear issue has been manipulated and turned into a political issue."
The Iranian president said the IAEA is "succumbing to pressures of the United States of America - and they speak the word of the United States of America."
He also accused the nuclear agency of acting "illegally and unethically" by releasing the names of Iranian nuclear scientists, saying "this is a clear crime."
Those arrested for assassinating three of those scientists "confessed to the fact that they were trained in the occupied lands by the Zionists, and the proof and the documentation is now sitting before a judge."
Ahmadinejad's visit to New York comes at a time of rising concern about the global economy, the Palestinian bid for UN membership and international recognition as an independent state, and uprisings in the Middle East following the Arab Spring protests that toppled longtime authoritarian rulers in Tunisia and Egypt.
Ahmadinejad blamed the US for the economic recession and for opposing UN membership for the Palestinians, formally launched on Friday.
The Americans want Israel and the Palestinians to resume negotiations, he said, "to enable the Zionists to draw the most benefit from it."
"At the end of the day, at one point, the Palestinian government will stand up, will be created - if not this year next year, if not next year the following year, because these people do exist," Ahmadinejad said. "They are 10 million strong. You cannot erase them from history."
As for the Arab Spring, he said Iran supports any movement that pursues the inalienable rights of all people to freedom, justice and fairness, as long as it doesn't end up in conflict.
"People are always striving for freedom, dignity and justice - and this is not exclusive to Arab countries," he said. "No one can contain such movements in spirit. Even if all of the political might of many countries unite, they will not be able to withstand the pressures of such changes throughout the world."
As for Libya, where there has been intense fighting, he said the people have a right to be free but he strongly opposed the NATO bombing campaign and stressed that the goal of the US and its allies was not to protect civilians but to go after control of Libya's oil wealth.
On the Sept. 11 attacks, Ahmadinejad said that as an engineer, he's sure "this was a systematic collapse of those towers."
"I can say with certainty there must have been explosive material that was set off in sequence," he said.
He reiterated his call for an independent investigation, noting there are doubters in the United States as well.
"A few airplanes without previous coordination known to the security forces and the intelligence community in the United States cannot become missiles and target the heart of the United States," Ahmadinejad said.
In a wide-ranging interview Thursday evening with The Associated Press, he also stressed that explosive material - and not airliners alone - brought down the World Trade Center, attacked US policies from Libya to Afghanistan, and said when his second and final term ends in two years "new elections will be held and someone else will occupy this office".
The interview took place hours after Ahmadinejad lashed out at America at the UN General Assembly for its hegemonic policies and militaristic approaches.
Yet, Ahmadinejad told the AP that it isn't too late for President Barack Obama to carry out his election pledge to improve ties with Iran after three decades of enmity.
"I don't believe that this is a chance that has been completely lost," he said.
"He could have chosen not to continue the wrong path chosen by his predecessor - and he can still do so," Ahmadinejad said. "Animosity with Iran will not yield any results, will not give them any benefit."
Ahmadinejad insisted Iran's nuclear program is peaceful and repeated an offer to meet with world powers to discuss nuclear issues. But he also warned that "the nuclear issue has been manipulated and turned into a political issue."
The Iranian president said the IAEA is "succumbing to pressures of the United States of America - and they speak the word of the United States of America."
He also accused the nuclear agency of acting "illegally and unethically" by releasing the names of Iranian nuclear scientists, saying "this is a clear crime."
Those arrested for assassinating three of those scientists "confessed to the fact that they were trained in the occupied lands by the Zionists, and the proof and the documentation is now sitting before a judge."
Ahmadinejad's visit to New York comes at a time of rising concern about the global economy, the Palestinian bid for UN membership and international recognition as an independent state, and uprisings in the Middle East following the Arab Spring protests that toppled longtime authoritarian rulers in Tunisia and Egypt.
Ahmadinejad blamed the US for the economic recession and for opposing UN membership for the Palestinians, formally launched on Friday.
The Americans want Israel and the Palestinians to resume negotiations, he said, "to enable the Zionists to draw the most benefit from it."
"At the end of the day, at one point, the Palestinian government will stand up, will be created - if not this year next year, if not next year the following year, because these people do exist," Ahmadinejad said. "They are 10 million strong. You cannot erase them from history."
As for the Arab Spring, he said Iran supports any movement that pursues the inalienable rights of all people to freedom, justice and fairness, as long as it doesn't end up in conflict.
"People are always striving for freedom, dignity and justice - and this is not exclusive to Arab countries," he said. "No one can contain such movements in spirit. Even if all of the political might of many countries unite, they will not be able to withstand the pressures of such changes throughout the world."
As for Libya, where there has been intense fighting, he said the people have a right to be free but he strongly opposed the NATO bombing campaign and stressed that the goal of the US and its allies was not to protect civilians but to go after control of Libya's oil wealth.
On the Sept. 11 attacks, Ahmadinejad said that as an engineer, he's sure "this was a systematic collapse of those towers."
"I can say with certainty there must have been explosive material that was set off in sequence," he said.
He reiterated his call for an independent investigation, noting there are doubters in the United States as well.
"A few airplanes without previous coordination known to the security forces and the intelligence community in the United States cannot become missiles and target the heart of the United States," Ahmadinejad said.
