[Ennahar] Ahmadinejad's speech at the UN raises 2 billion comments on france24. The information is published by the site of the official news agency Fars news. FRANCE 24 has slightly different numbers ...
| We do not know how Fars news resulted in of 2.2 billion comments. Knowing that there are 1.5 billion Internet users worldwide, the figure announced by the Iranian agency is somewhat surprising. |
The Iranian president spoke from the rostrum of the UN National Assembly on September 24 last. In his speech, he mentioned a "U.S. plot" behind the attacks of Sept. 11, causing the departure of Western delegations.
FRANCE 24 has actually published an article on this subject, available in French and English. Six comments were posted on the English version and 25 on the French version. We do not know how Fars news resulted in of 2.2 billion comments. Knowing that there are 1.5 billion Internet users worldwide, the figure announced by the Iranian agency is somewhat surprising.
This is not the first time a speech by Mahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad at the UN General Assembly followed by fanciful statements. After his first appearance on the rostrum of the UN in September 2005, the Iranian president had said a halo of light surrounded him while he was speaking and that diplomats in the room had not blinked eyes for 27-28 minutes. |