A few hours later, Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke. He said Iran remains ready for what he called "serious and free debate" with American officials on the nuclear issue.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking to the UN General Assembly
He also suggested that the majority of the American people believe that their government planned the attacks of September eleventh, two thousand one.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD (INTERPRETER): "That some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East, in order to save the Zionist regime."
He comments led American diplomats and delegates from several European countries to walk out of the assembly hall. President Obama told the BBC that the accusation was inexcusable, offensive and hateful.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.
Reported by Arash Arabasadi, Margaret Basheer, David Gollust and Jeffrey Young
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