By Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for a cameraman who was accompanying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) to the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly in New York says his client has defected. Paul O'Dwyer, a New York City-based lawyer who is representing Hassan Gol Khanban, confirmed Sunday that ...

Iranian lawmaker Zohreh Tayyebzadeh has questioned the necessity of a 120-member delegation accompanying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the US in such situation that the country faces shortage of foreign currency and inflation as well as sanctions are mounting pressure on people. The presence of president in international bodies is necessary for ...

By The Washington Times Irans foreign minister on Monday accusedIsraels leaders of being war drum beaters and said his country will zealously defend itself against any attack. The Israeli ruling clan, who are war drum beaters, use the pretext of Iranian nuclear threat for all political gains,IranianForeign MinisterAli Akbar Salehitold theCouncil ...

By Trend A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, says the Islamic establishment has made no decision to change its policy on relations with the United States, Press TV reported. "Iran's general policy with respect to relations with the US has not changed and no decision has been made in this regard,...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will argue for the need to set a "red line" for Iran's nuclear program in his U.N. speech on Thursday, a confidant to the prime minister said, playing down differences with Washington. Netanyahu faces the world body a day after U.S. President Barack Obama disappointed some Israelis by imposing ...

By Jerusalem Post Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that he is open for talks with the United States. "Based on the fundamentals of respect we are willing and ready for a dialogue on the resolution of problems," Ahmadinejad said in a press conference held after his address to the UN General Assembly. "We have never had ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Wednesday his country was under constant threat of military action from "uncivilized Zionists" and called for a new world order not dominated by Western powers in the service of "the devil." In his eighth and likely final address to the U.N. General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders, ...

By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he has a vision of a new world order that would be absent the "hegemony of arrogance." Ahmadinejad, known for past fiery denunciations of the United States and Israel, cited what he termed the "continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action ...

A number of Iranian lawmakers have criticized remarks by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the possibility of improving ties with the US in case Washington takes confidence-building steps. Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the current state of affairs between Iran and the US is not in the interest of both countries and the entire world, ...

By Trend Twenty six members of Iranian parliament have expressed negative reaction towards Islamic Republic president's remarks in New York, Mehr reported. Ahmadinejad's statements are "incopatible with dignity, strategy, policy and wisdom of the Islamic Republic", the parliament members said. Reportedly, the members of the parliament will ...

By The Christian Science Monitor At a dinner last night, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran was open to concessions on its nuclear program, though he decried the IAEA's lack of oversight of Israel's nuclear facilities. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadlast night insisted his country was ready to make concessions on its controversial nuclear program,...

By Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Tuesday to put an end to the intolerance and violence that led to the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador in Libya and warned Iran he would do what it takes to prevent Tehran from getting nuclear arms. In a 30-minute address to the 193-nation U.N. General ...

By BBC World leaders are gathering in New York for a UN General Assembly likely to be dominated by Syria, although it is not formally on the agenda. Discussions are also expected to centre on Iran's nuclear programme and the video that has prompted anti-US protests across the Muslim world. President Barack Obama is due to focus on the Middle ...

By The ChristianScienceMonitor Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a 'fake regime' shielded by the US at the UN General Assembly, prompting Israeli Ambassador,Ron Prosor to walk out of the meeting. Iran's president calledIsraela nuclear-armed "fake regime" shielded by theUnited States, prompting Israel's U.N. ambassador to walk ...

ByRIA Novosti Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the Syrian crisis should be resolved by peaceful means and without outside interference. A long-time supporter of embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Ahmadinejad condemned violence in Syria in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan. We must all say enough of this violence, ...

By Bloomberg Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadsaid in a U.S. television interview that his nation will defend itself if attacked byIsrael. The response ofIranis quite clear, I dont even need to explain that, Ahmadinejad said in an interview with CNNs Piers Morgan scheduled to be broadcast tonight, according to a transcript. Any nation has ...

By Reuters Canada DUBAI(Reuters) - The United States has denied visas to about 20 Iranian government officials hoping to attend next week's U.N. General Assembly, including two ministers, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Saturday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a regular at the assembly since he took office in 2005, will give his final ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has left Tehran for New York on Saturday for the U.N. General Assemblyfor delivering Iranian nation message to reform global governance. Before leaving Tehran to attend the U.N. General Assembly meeting,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters at the Mehr Abad airport that nowadays, everyone knows that without having ...

?By Al Arabiya Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to leave Tehran for New York on Saturday for the U.N. General Assembly, where he will deliver his final speech to the world gathering, state television reported. His speech this year was keenly awaited in the face of Irans sharp differences with the U.N. Security Council over its controversial ...