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| Iranian leader 'not anti-Semite' | Iranian leader 'not anti-Semite' |
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| Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he is not an anti-Semite. | Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he is not an anti-Semite. |
| "Jews are respected by everyone, by all human beings," he told a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York. | "Jews are respected by everyone, by all human beings," he told a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York. |
| The remarks come months after Mr Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be wiped off the map - and described the Holocaust as "myth". | The remarks come months after Mr Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be wiped off the map - and described the Holocaust as "myth". |
| In response to questions about Iran's controversial nuclear programme, he said the Iranians "do not need a bomb". | |
| The Iranian president said he was "at a loss" in understanding what further guarantees Iran needed to provide to prove its nuclear programme was, as it claims, entirely for civilian purposes. | |
| Iran has ignored a UN deadline to suspend the enrichment of uranium. | |
| However, Mr Ahmadinejad said talks with the EU on the issue were "on the right path". | |
| "Hopefully others will not disrupt the work," he said | |
| He said Iran was willing to negotiate on suspending uranium enrichment "under fair and just conditions", but gave no timetable. | |
| 'Old system' | |
| In comments taking in issues ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Hurricane Katrina, the Iranian president was also critical of the international political system. | |
| He said the current system emanated from a "group of victors who emerged from a world war and are ruling the world". | |
| He said that some members of the UN Security Council sat in judgement of other countries, despite the fact that they were parties to some of the world's conflicts. | |
| He did not specify which countries he was referring to. | |
| In a speech to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Mr Ahmadinejad accused the US and UK of using the UN Security Council for their own ends. | |
| He accused the two of being prosecutor, judge and jury in their differences with other countries. |