Iranian Prez Dropped Holocaust Denial From UN Speech

Outraged as Iranian, Swiss leaders meet at UN racism conference

(NEWSER) - Israel has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist and a Holocaust-denier who doesn’t conceal his intention to wipe Israel off the face of this earth,” PM Benjamin Netanyahu said. More»

Iranian president promises retaliation for attacks on nuclear sites

(NEWSER) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened a war with "no boundaries" if Western powers attack potential Iranian nuclear sites, ABC News reports. While in New York for a meeting of the UN General Assembly, the Iranian president again said his country would soon become a nuclear power, adding that the US and Israel would have to accept that. More»

'Have you no shame?' cries Israeli PM

(NEWSER) - Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t hold back today when he took the stage at the United Nations. The Israeli PM went on a tirade, berating the UN for allowing Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak. “Have you no shame? Have you no decency?” he demanded, after recounting the horrors of the genocide. “What a disgrace. What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations.” He also complained that the UN had been silent about Hamas' attacks on Israel, Fox News reports. More»

(NEWSER) - Delegates stormed out of the United Nations conference on racism today in Geneva, protesting a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the New York Times reports. The Iranian president used his speech to criticize Israel for leaving “an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering,” in an effort to “establish a totally racist government in occupied Palestine.” More»

Country reveals latest nuclear advancements

(NEWSER) - Following yesterday's display of its nuclear prowess , Iran says it's ready to resume talks over its nuclear program. In a letter to the European Union obtained by CNN , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed re-starting the talks as soon as possible. Yesterday, the country showed off new centrifuges, with the president visiting a Tehran reactor to install fuel rods. Iran announced it would start making its own yellowcake, which the UN has banned it from importing; it also said it would share its nuclear knowledge with other countries overseen by the International Atomic Energy Agency. More»