Iran’s president to attend UN General Assembly in New York

DPA: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, a foreign ministry spokesman said Monday. 

Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Tehran – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, a foreign ministry spokesman said Monday.

Ramin Mehmanparast told Mehr news agency that the president would attend the assembly as he has in the previous years.

Ahmadinejad’s attendance, speech to the UN General Assembly and his remarks to the US media have prompted several heated reactions from Western nations.

He has used the opportunity to deny the sovereignty of the Israeli state, accuse the United States of having orchestrated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, challenge the legitimacy of the UN Security Council and to deny the existence of gays in Iran.