1 WTC Opens for Business

One World Trade Center at New World Trade Center 

The 94-story building, tallest in the U.S., shares a name with the northern Twin Tower that was destroyed in September 11 terrorist attacks in New York.

Photo credit: Robert Deutsch/USA Today

Rouhani charters Iran Aseman A340 for UN trip

 

President Rouhani departs Tehran aboard a chartered Iran Aseman Airlines Airbus A340-311 bound for New York City and the United Nations General Assembly.

                                    Operator: Iran Aseman Airlines
                                    Aircraft type: Airbus A340-311
                                    Reg: EP-APA (cn 002)
                                    Date: Sept. 23, 2013
                                    Notes: Aircraft is one of the oldest A340 types in the world still currently flying.
                                    Iran National Football Team support emblem removed from fuselage for
                                    presidential flight.

Photo: Mahdi Marizad at FARS News Agency

Ahmadinejad: Iran “Could Have Behaved Better”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a dinner in New York that Iran was open to concessions on its nuclear program. He added that Iran “could have behaved better.” (Monitor, 25 September)

Ahmadinejad made the comments at a gathering of academics and students at a New York hotel.

“Iran has made mistakes, Iran could have behaved better,” Ahmadinejad said. “We are ready for transparent dialogue…. We are ready to help to eliminate negative mindsets.”

President Ahmadinejad will address the U.N. general assembly on Wednesday.