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09-23-2009, 04:21 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_un_ahmadinejad_interview
NEW YORK – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat ahead of addresses both leaders will give to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
The Iranian leader also said in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview Tuesday that he expects "free and open" discussion of nuclear issues at a meeting next week with six world powers, but stressed that his country would not negotiate on its own nuclear plans.
NEW YORK – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat ahead of addresses both leaders will give to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
The Iranian leader also said in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview Tuesday that he expects "free and open" discussion of nuclear issues at a meeting next week with six world powers, but stressed that his country would not negotiate on its own nuclear plans.