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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the
official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S.
as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad's comments, made during an address to Intelligence Ministry staff, come
amid escalating tensions between the West and Tehran over its disputed
nuclear program. They show that Iran has no intention of toning itself
down even with tighter sanctions looming because of its refusal to halt
uranium enrichment.
"September 11 was a big lie and a pretext for the war on terror and a prelude to invading Afghanistan,"
Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by state TV. He called the attacks a
"complicated intelligence scenario and act."
The Iranian president has questioned the official U.S. version of the Sept. 11
attacks before, but this is the first time he ventured to label it a
"big lie."
In 2007, New York officials rejected Ahmadinejad's request to visit the World Trade Center site while he was in the city
for a U.N. meeting. The president also sparked an uproar when he said
during a lecture in New York that the causes and conditions that led to
the attacks, as well as who orchestrated them, still need to be
examined.
At the time, he also told Iranian state TV the attacks were "a result of mismanaging and inhumane managing of the world by the
U.S," and that Washington was using Sept. 11 as an excuse to attack
others.
He has also questioned the Sept. 11 death toll of around 3,000, claiming the Americans never published the victims' names.
On the 2007 anniversary of the attacks, the names of 2,750 victims killed in New York were read aloud at a memorial ceremony.
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