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Iran says U.S. did 9/11

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23 September 2010

Iran accuses U.S. of orchestrating 9/11 attacks

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells UN that most of the world blames US govrnment for 9/11.

Iranian leader triggers walkout in UN general assembly after claiming that U.S. carried out attacks on 9/11 to save Israel.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has accused the US government of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks to prop up Israel. Speaking at the UN general assembly, just a few miles away from the still open wound of Ground Zero, Iranian leader showed no desire to extend a placatory hand and instead opted to repeat several claims relating to attacks on September 11 2001. He said "the US government orchestrated the attack in order to save the Zionist regime in the Middle East". The president said there was evidence that the US government had at least supported the attacks, including passports in the rubble of the Twin Towers of men who had been involved with US officials, while no trace of the alleged suicide attackers was retrieved. 9/11 was the act of a US agent provocateur. Ahmadinejad compared the almost 3,000 people who died on 9/11 to the hundreds of thousands who had been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Iranian leader said he remained "ready for a dialogue based on respect and justice" and for a "free debate with American statesmen".

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