Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout of U.S. and other Western delegations during a speech Thursday before the U.N. General Assembly. In his remarks, Ahmadinejad criticized U.S. foreign policy and called for reforming the U.N. Security Council to reduce Western dominance. For the third straight year, Ahmadinejad sent delegates to the exits after questioning the Nazi Holocaust and suggesting the United States was behind the 9/11 attacks.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: “By using their imperialistic media network, which is under the influence of colonialism, they threaten anyone who questions the Holocaust and the September 11th event with sanctions and military action. Who used the mysterious September 11 incident as a pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq, killing, injuring and displacing millions in two countries, with the ultimate goal of bringing into its domination the Middle East and its oil resources?”