US threatened Iran for 9/11 probe offer
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad censures US moves to threaten Tehran for urging the establishment of an independent truth-finding commission to probe the 9/11 incidents, instead of welcoming the effort.
According to Press TV, President Ahmadinejad on Saturday in an interview with the Associated Press said ”Last year, we called for the formation of a fact-finding commission with regards to this incident, but the US government, rather than welcoming the suggestion, threatened Iran.”
He insisted ”A number of airplanes cannot fly in American airspace and destroy two towers, without prior coordination with US intelligence or security agencies.”
He added ”An airplane striking a tower does not cause the skyscraper to be demolished like it did in case of the New York twin towers. The way those skyscrapers were demolished made it clear the very first time I watched it on TV that it was a systematic explosion. An airplane cannot hit skyscraper and cause the demolition of the tower in such an organized manner:
The Iranian president insisted that ”there certainly were calculated explosives installed on different levels of the building which were detonated in succession.”
In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, 2010, President Ahmadinejad called for the formation of an independent commission to probe into the 2001 attacks in New York and near Washington, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
His proposition, however, led to threats and offensive remarks on the part of the US President Barack Obama describing President Ahmadinejad’ s suggestion as 'hateful' and 'inexcusable.'
Meanwhile, Ahmadinejad has criticized Western countries for politicizing the country’s nuclear program.
According to IRIB, he noted ”Iran’s nuclear program, which is a legal issue, has been turned into a political one by certain Western countries.”
The President said that Iran had cooperated with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) beyond its legal obligations but the agency, under pressure from Western countries, failed to deal with the issue from a legal perspective.
He said that the fact that Iran has acquired nuclear technology needs to be acknowledged, reiterating that Iran’s nuclear program is totally peaceful.
Source: irib.ir
