Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

It seems to me that Mr. Bush fails to understand the reality of the world today, the conditions that we set the world today. This is not the kind of language you speak talking with a great nation. It's an insult to a great nation.

What is happening to the Palestinians? The young people are being killed on the streets, homes are being destroyed over their heads.

When the power behind the hostilities is itself a permanent member of the security council, he says, how can it fulfill its mission?

This is not the kind of language you speak, talking with a great nation. It's an insult to a great nation.

The IAEA has indicated that it has found no evidence that would show that Iran is developing nuclear energy for other purposes that are other than peaceful.

It's not the nuclear bomb that the American government is afraid of, for there are countries in our region who are armed with a nuclear bomb, and are supported, by chance, by the United States government.

Our message is a message of peace and brotherhood with all nations, with all people.

I propose that we sit and have a debate, to talk about our positions, to discuss issues and allow everyone around the world to hear the debate.

It seems to me that Mr. Bush fails to understand the reality of the world today. The conditions that we set the world today. This is not the kind of language you speak talking with a great nation. It's an insult to a great nation.

Our message is the message of peace and brotherhood with all nations, with all people. And we, like all nations and people, we are against oppression and injustice.

The I.A.E.A. has indicated that it has found no evidence that would show that Iran is developing nuclear energy for other purposes that are other than peaceful.

Ahmadinejad, you know, for all of the outrage that he causes among many people in the west, you know, he sounds very pragmatic to people on the streets of Arab countries.