Iran President Vows to Ignore U.N. Measures

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Source: New York Times

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, said Tuesday that he considered the dispute over his country’s nuclear program “closed” and that Iran would disregard the resolutions of the Security Council, which he said was dominated by “arrogant powers.”

In a rambling and defiant 40-minute speech to the opening session of the General Assembly, he said Iran would henceforth consider the nuclear issue not a “political” one for the Security Council, but a “technical” one to be decided by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.

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“Today because of the resistance of the Iranian nation, the issue is back to the agency, and I officially announce that in our opinion, the nuclear issue of Iran is now closed and has turned into an ordinary agency matter,” Mr. Ahmadinejad said.

A senior Bush administration official said after the address that the only person who thought that the issue is closed was Mr. Ahmadinejad.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/world/26nations.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

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If he ignores the UN Resolutions is he breaking international law?