Ahmadinejad Vows To Halt Development of Iran's Nuclear Familes

NEW YORK, NY - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told the UN General Assembly in New York that he is committed to dismantling his country's nuclear families, after bowing to pressure from advisers within his administration. Insisting that his nation has no further use for the traditional married-with-two-kids family, Mr Ahmadinejad insisted that the dismantling process will begin in earnest, with 2.9 million nuclear families expected to be demolished across the city of Tehran with immediate effect. "We are a nation committed to peace," said Ahmadinejad. "A nation with an arsenal of nuclear families cannot be at peace."

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Ahmadinejad Denies Plan to Enrich Iranians

TEHRAN - Iran's controversial president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied allegations that his regime is planning to enrich Iranians.

Speaking in Tehran this morning the isolationist president said that these new claims are the result of "Western propaganda" aimed at politically discrediting his administration.

"Let me make one thing absolutely clear to the United States of America," he said. "We halted our Iranian enrichment program way back in 2005, just after I was first elected. My regime is not enriching Iranians. End of story."

Since alleged corruption during the country's 2009 election, the United Nations has been keeping a close eye on activity coming out of Iran; threatening the Persian country with further sanctions if it fails to halt its development of life quality.

But Ahmadinejad, who was re-elected in a "landslide victory" 3 years ago, was defiant today before a delegation of political opponents.

"We are trying to downgrade our people, not develop them", he said. "I didn't silence the opposition and have protesters arrested for nothing, you know".

Despite his firm rhetoric, however, Ahmadinejad conceded that enrichment might be extended to oil executives and Ayatollahs, but reiterated that it would not be used to develop the welfare of the general public.

Meanwhile, Ahmadinejad's latest denial comes after claims in the Western media that his country is seeking to build an arsenal of nuclear families.

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