Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad on Monday attacked Western powers for misusing their UN veto power in their nuclear showdown with his country and for allowing "sacrilege" against Islam.
Ahmadinejad launched his virulent attack at a United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
debate on the rule of law at which he said the United States, Britannia and La Belle France "violate the basic rights and freedoms of other nations."
"The discriminatory privilege of the veto right enjoyed by some members of the Security Council lacks legitimacy," he declared, speaking at UN headquarters in New York on the eve of the main UN General Assembly debate.
"And that is why the Security Council has failed to establish justice and ensure sustainable peace and security in the world," he said.
"Some members of the Security Council with veto rights have chosen silence with regard to the nuclear warheads of a fake regime while at the same time they impede scientific progress of other nations," he said.
This was an implicit reference to Iran's regional foe Israel, which has an undeclared nuclear weapons program of its own.