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NEW YORK — Iran would consider ending higher level uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters Friday.
Addressing a packed press conference in a New York hotel, Ahmadinejad also said Iran was prepared to set a date for resumption of talks with six world powers to discuss Tehran's nuclear program, saying October would be the likely time for the two sides to meet.
Ahmadinejad also defended his remarks at the U.N. a day earlier in which he claimed most people in the world believe the United States was behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and again challenged the United Nations to set up a commission to probe the attacks.
"I did not pass judgment, but don't you feel that the time has come to have a fact finding committee?" Ahmadinejad asked.
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Ahmadinejad said Iran had no interest in enriching uranium from around 3.5 percent to 20 percent purity but was forced to do so after the world powers refused to provide nuclear fuel that is needed for a Tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes for patients. He did not indicate that Iran would stop enriching at low levels.
That level is far below the more than 90 percent purity needed to build a nuclear weapon, but U.S. officials have expressed concern Iran may be moving closer to an ability to reach weapons-grade level.
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Tehran began higher enrichment in February after talks stalled over a U.N.-brokered proposal that the United States hoped would — at least temporarily — leave Iran unable to produce a warhead. The U.S. and its allies accuse Iran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon, a claim Iran denies.
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"We were not interested to carry out 20 percent enrichment. They (the U.S. and its allies) politicized the issue. We were forced to do it to support the (medical) patients," Ahmadinejad said in response to a question from The Associated Press. "We will consider halting uranium enrichment whenever nuclear fuel is provided to us."
Ahmadinejad said pressure was counterproductive, but respectful talks will bear fruit.
"The era of following a policy of carrot and stick is over. Even such words are insulting to nations. It's only good for cowboys and those of retarded people. Definitely it has no effect," he said. "They issued resolutions as talks were underway. Still, we are ready for talks."
The Iranian leader said an Iranian representative will probably meet with members of the five permanent members of the Security Council — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China as well as Germany in October.
He suggested that a specific date could be set should European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton contact Iran.
"Probably in October; we are ready for talks. The doors are open for talks within the framework of justice and respect," he said. However, he warned that Iran won't give in to pressure. "They are definitely mistaken if they think they can trample the rights of the Iranian nation through coercion in the talks."
In his one and a half hour session with reporters, Ahmadinejad also lashed out at the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as an overreaction to the September 11 attacks. The Americans should "not occupy the entire Middle East ... bomb wedding parties ... annihilate an entire village just because one terrorist is hiding there."
Ahmadinejad also gave no ground on his Sept. 11 remarks in a feisty interview on Fox News in which he was asked he you could insult millions of Americans by saying "such an insane and nutty thing."
"Would you address your own president the same way? Would they ever allow you to?," replied Ahmadinejad, adding that he felt insulted by the interviewer.
Ahmadinejad said a commission should investigate the Sept. 11 attacks rather than have the entire world just accept what the U.S. government tells them.
"The fact-finding mission can shed light on who the perpetrators were, who is Al-Qaida ... where does it exist? Who was it backed by and supported? All these should come to light," he said.
Ahmadinejad's remarks during a speech to the U.N. General Assembly Thursday afternoon prompted a walkout by the U.S. diplomats. Delegations from all 27 European Union nations followed the Americans out along with representatives from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Costa Rica, an EU diplomat said.
President Barack Obama responded to Ahmadinejad in a BBC Persian service interview Friday saying: "Well, it was offensive. It was hateful."
"And particularly for him to make the statement here in Manhattan, just a little north of Ground Zero, where families lost their loved ones, people of all faiths, all ethnicities who see this as the seminal tragedy of this generation, for him to make a statement like that was inexcusable," Obama said.
Ahmadinejad's remarks will make the American people even more wary about dealing with his government, Obama said.
"For Ahmadinejad to come to somebody else's country and then to suggest somehow that the worst tragedy that's been experienced here, an attack that killed 3,000 people, was somehow the responsibility of the government of that country, is something that defies not just common sense but basic sense — basic senses of decency that aren't unique to any particular country — they're common to the entire world," he said.
Ahmadinejad routinely makes incendiary remarks, which the West claims are a diversion from heavy international pressure on Tehran to end uranium enrichment and prove that it is not trying to build a nuclear weapon. Iran insists it is enriching uranium only to fuel nuclear reactors to generate electricity.
Iran is under four sets of U.N. Security Council sanctions as punishment for its failure to make its nuclear ambitions transparent.
Later Friday, Ahmadinejad met with Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans who were taken prisoner in Iran during a hiking trip along the border with Iraq. She was released from solitary confinement on Sept. 15 and has said she wants to meet Ahmadinejad while he is in New York.
The Iranian leader did not answer a question about whether Iran would also release Shourd's boyfriend Shane Bauer and their friend Josh Fattal. All three were captured in 2009.
Obama seemed unimpressed with the Iranian position. He sharply criticized Iran's leadership for hurting its people by incurring severe financial and trade sanctions when it refuses to comply.
"Right now what the Iranian government has said is, it's more important for us to defy the international community, engage in a covert nuclear weapons program, than it is to make sure that our people are prospering," he told the BBC. "And the international community I don't think prefers the choice that has been taken."[/quote]
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Ahmadinejad is the new Kim-jong-il of world-trolling
Why can't he just have his plant? :sigh:
I don't know why everyone hates Ahmadinejad. He seems like a nice enough guy. I'd rather have a beer with him than Obama.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25055725]I don't know why everyone hates Ahmadinejad. He seems like a nice enough guy. I'd rather have a beer with him than Obama.[/QUOTE]
Are you crazy?
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25055725]I don't know why everyone hates Ahmadinejad. He seems like a nice enough guy. I'd rather have a beer with him than Obama.[/QUOTE]
Ahmadinejad is muslim. Muslims can't drink alcohol. Sorry to burst your bubble.
[QUOTE=elitehakor v2;25055863]Ahmadinejad is muslim. Muslims can't drink alcohol. Sorry to burst your bubble.[/QUOTE]
I'll have orange juice with him then, you get the point though.
Why is he such a bad person?
Ahmi is a radical nutcase, an authoritarian, and is apt to using violence and force.
But this all seems rather reasonable- he's opening talks, he's offering a reasonable solution (alright, you don't want me to enrich uranium, I need uranium, you can make it for me so you know it's safe, and I can use it. that way, everyone is happy), and honestly, a 9/11 investigation thing couldn't hurt, even if they simply do find that it was exactly as it's been found to be.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25055725]I don't know why everyone hates Ahmadinejad. He seems like a nice enough guy. I'd rather have a beer with him than Obama.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/10/02/2009-10-02_how_a_nice_jewish_girl_met_iranian_madman_mahmoud_ahmadinejad.html"]http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/How a nice Jewish girl met Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[/URL]
Apparently he's a really nice guy.
[quote]Yet I saw a smiling, funny and almost friendly man sharing stories about his newborn granddaughter. It was hard to believe that this was the same individual who calls for the destruction of Israel [[B]HE DOESNT][/B] and the Jewish people.[/quote]
The rest of the article is utter bullshit, however.
America is soon going to war with Iran :v:
"AHHH SLIPPERY FLOOR" *Accidently pushes the invasion button*
Seems like a pretty cool guy.
[QUOTE=starpluck;25058253]Apparently he's a really nice guy.[/QUOTE]
Most psychopaths can be pretty charming people.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25055725]I don't know why everyone hates Ahmadinejad. He seems like a nice enough guy. I'd rather have a beer with him than Obama.[/QUOTE]
I'd rather have a beer with Hitler.
At least he had a brain..
Yeah I'd totally have a beer with Ahmadinejad so we can discuss how the U.S. government staged 9/11 and how the Holocaust never happened.
He's obviously a cool guy.
[QUOTE=thirty9th;25058799]Yeah I'd totally have a beer with Ahmadinejad so we can discuss how the U.S. government staged 9/11 and how the Holocaust never happened.
He's obviously a cool guy.[/QUOTE]
You attacking him for what he thinks?
[QUOTE=RinVII;25058740]I'd rather have a beer with Hitler.
At least he had a brain..[/QUOTE]
Their are many things wrong with this post.
[QUOTE=Explosions;25056009]Why is he such a bad person?[/QUOTE]
Maybe you should look up capital punishment in Iran. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran[/url]
The nation is a shit-hole of intolerance and persecution by an extremely religious shit-tier government.
[QUOTE=TH89;25058552]Most psychopaths can be pretty charming people.[/QUOTE]
While you may disagree with Ahmadinejad, you have to be an idiot to actually think he's a psychopath.
[QUOTE=TH89;25058552]Most psychopaths can be pretty charming people.[/QUOTE]
Power corrupts. It's easy to horrible things when you don't have to deal with people face to face.
Not trying to go all Godwin on Ahmadinejad, but Hitler himself vomited when he saw one of his own extermination operations in action. Most of these seemingly lunatic leaders are probably pretty good guys in person, but they often have wacko beliefs, and it's easy on your conscience to enact on those beliefs if all you have to do is tell somebody else to do it.
Fuck that title is misleading.
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[QUOTE=starpluck;25061151]While you may disagree with Ahmadinejad, you have to be an idiot to actually think he's a psychopath.[/QUOTE]
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I love those idiots, talking out of their ass against Ahmadinejad... :downs:
What the fuck? stop the bandwagon you guys know shit jack. Just when there were riots in Iran everyone went "Fuck Iranian government, rioters are right !" and now you guys are in love with ahmedinejad ? Fuck no people suffer every day becouse of ahmedinejad and his helpers. You cannot even walk holding hands in public, he is also trying to do his " Muslimic revolution" in Turkey, which WE DON'T WANT but Turkish people are not educated enough, they get fooled by very little things so if you think ahmedinejad is a good person [U][I]YOU ARE WRONG[/I][/U]. Sure you don't like obama but its not obama vs ahmedinejad. You don't need to choose sides.
Fuck I'm pissed.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25055959]I'll have orange juice with him then, you get the point though.[/QUOTE]
Ahmadinejad hates jews.
[QUOTE=Explosions;25056009]Why is he such a bad person?[/QUOTE]
He's not?
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[QUOTE=thirty9th;25058799]Yeah I'd totally have a beer with Ahmadinejad so we can discuss how the U.S. government staged 9/11 and how the Holocaust never happened.
He's obviously a cool guy.[/QUOTE]
He doesn't think that lol
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[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;25062487]Ahmadinejad hates jews.[/QUOTE]
according to Boba_fett, anyone who doesn't like Israel is anti-Semitic.
I decided to like Israel whatever happened, although it's kind of hard when they pull stunts like raiding that Gaza flottila and invasions of muslims countries.
I've also realized some Europeans suck, therefore I'd rather have a beer with Ahmadinejad.
I think Ahmadinejad as a person would be an alright person. You could sit down with a pint a bacon sandwich with him.
As a leader though he's a madman.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;25061180]Power corrupts. It's easy to horrible things when you don't have to deal with people face to face.
Not trying to go all Godwin on Ahmadinejad, but Hitler himself vomited when he saw one of his own extermination operations in action. Most of these seemingly lunatic leaders are probably pretty good guys in person, but they often have wacko beliefs, and it's easy on your conscience to enact on those beliefs if all you have to do is tell somebody else to do it.[/QUOTE]
If Hitler was such a good person inside he would have stopped the genocide after seeing it happening. Also Hitler used to love watching people be executed, he would watch it as easily as a cartoon.
[QUOTE=Still 09;25062823]
I've also realized some Europeans suck[/QUOTE]
Europe is a pretty big place, that's like saying "yeah i've realized some asians suck"
[QUOTE=Doozle;25062894]I think Ahmadinejad as a person would be an alright person. You could sit down with a pint a bacon sandwich with him.
As a leader though he's a madman.[/QUOTE]
He is a compassionate leader in terms of foreign policy, im not sure about his own country though.
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;25063017]Europe is a pretty big place, that's like saying "yeah i've realized some asians suck"[/QUOTE]
That's what I'm saying, but Asia's even bigger.
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