...neither did the Holocaust, there are no gays in Iran, there is no nuclear weapons programme...etc...
Ahmadinejad shows off his comedy schtick!
Update 1: Actually, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency:
The September 11 attack on the US and collapse of twin towers were parts of complicated intelligence move to give enough excuses for them to prepare the ground for invasion of Afghanistan under pretext of fighting terrorism, he said.
The article is mostly about the arrest of Abdulmalek Rigi of Jundallah.
Thanks to Anonymous!
Update 2:Press TV also has the story:
The president described the September 11, 2001 destruction of the twin World Trade Center buildings in New York as a preconceived "scenario and a sophisticated intelligence measure" and emphasized that the 9/11 incident was a "big lie intended to serve as a pretext for fighting terrorism and setting the grounds for sending troops to Afghanistan."
"Depredation, bullying and killing the reality of humanity are the outcomes of the capitalist way of thinking," Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
Update 3: As Marylander reminds us in the comments, Ahmadinejad's loony remarks are a far cry from the far more poignant reactions by many in Iran to the 9/11 attacks:
