Talk of war is 'propaganda': Iranian leader

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Source: afp

Talk of war is 'propaganda': Iranian leader

by James Hossack 52 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday dismissed talk of war against Iran as "propaganda" and combatively took on US critics who accuse him of denying the Holocaust and backing terrorism.

At the start of a deeply controversial visit to attend UN meetings here, the Iranian leader insisted his Islamic republic had every right to pursue a civilian nuclear program and said "we are a peace-loving nation."

In a tense exchange at New York's Columbia University, Ahmadinejad accused the institute's president Lee Bollinger of a "wave of insults and allegations against me" after Bollinger had introduced the Iranian leader.

Inviting Ahmadinejad to speak at one of America's leading centers of learning "is consistent with the idea that one should know thine enemy ... to confront with the mind of evil," Bollinger had said to cheers from students.

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