Ahmadinejad Speaks To the UN, Says American empire is 'reaching the end of its road'

With only a note taker at the United States table Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to the United Nations. His speech was not kind when it came to the US.

Ahmadinejad insisted that Iran's nuclear issues are peaceful as he complained about the pressures his nation has faced politically and economically from the International Atomic Energy Agency. He also claimed that the United States were oppressing Iraqis and attempting to solidify their position to dominate oil resources. He also had words about the problems that the Palestinians have had with Israel. As CNN reports:

Meanwhile, he said, Palestinians have undergone "60 years of carnage and invasion ... at the hands of some criminal and occupying Zionists."

He said Zionists in Israel "have forged a regime through collecting people from various parts of the world and bringing them to other people's land, by displacing, detaining and killing the true owners of that land."

Prior to the show the Iranian president appeared on the Larry King Live show. During the taping that will appear later Tuesday evening he said he was willing to meet with the presidential candidates to discuss world issues and debate. He says he has no preference between Obama and McCain. Ahmadinejad spoke at length of his nation's support for Palestinians. He also spoke about his questions on if the Holocaust actually happened.

"We have no problems with Jewish people," he said. "There are many Jews who live in Iran today ... but please pay attention to the fact that the Zionists are not Jews. They have no religion ... they just have -- wear masks of religiosity. How can you possibly be religious and occupy the land of other people?"

The Larry King interview also has Ahmadinejad claiming that there are no homosexuals in Iran.

I said it is not the way it is here. In Iran this is considered a very -- obviously, most people dislike it. And we have, actually, a law regarding it and the law is enforced."

However, he said, "we do pay attention that in Iran nobody interferes in the private lives of individuals. We have nothing to do with the private realm of people. This is at the -- non-private, public morality. In their own house, nobody ever interferes."