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Iranian President Challenges Bush to a Debate
August 29, 2006
ABC News
Iranian President Wants to Debate Bush
President Ahmadinejad of Iran Challenges U.N. Security Council Authority, Wants to Debate Bush
Ahmadinejad defiant, challenges Bush to TV debate
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
TEHRAN, Iran Aug 29, 2006 (AP)— President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the authority of the U.N. Security Council as Iran faces a deadline to halt its uranium enrichment and he called for a televised debate with President Bush on world issues.
The Security Council has given Iran until Thursday to suspend enrichment, a process that can produce either fuel for a reactor or material for weapons.
"The U.S. and Britain are the source of many tensions," Ahmadinejad said at a news conference. "At the Security Council, where they have to protect security, they enjoy the veto right. If anybody confronts them, there is no place to take complaints to."
But Iran has refused any immediate suspension, calling the deadline illegal.
ABC News
Iranian President Wants to Debate Bush
President Ahmadinejad of Iran Challenges U.N. Security Council Authority, Wants to Debate Bush
Ahmadinejad defiant, challenges Bush to TV debate
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
TEHRAN, Iran Aug 29, 2006 (AP)— President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the authority of the U.N. Security Council as Iran faces a deadline to halt its uranium enrichment and he called for a televised debate with President Bush on world issues.
The Security Council has given Iran until Thursday to suspend enrichment, a process that can produce either fuel for a reactor or material for weapons.
"The U.S. and Britain are the source of many tensions," Ahmadinejad said at a news conference. "At the Security Council, where they have to protect security, they enjoy the veto right. If anybody confronts them, there is no place to take complaints to."
But Iran has refused any immediate suspension, calling the deadline illegal.
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