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Tonight's Dateline: Iran's Mr Controversial

As Iranian President Ahmadinejad causes outrage at the UN General Assembly, a Dateline special from New York looks at the international reaction.

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There's been no holding back by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the past week… he used his time in New York for the UN General Assembly to air his controversial views on subjects from the holocaust to homosexuality, and Syria to Israel.

Tonight at 9.30 on SBS ONE, Yalda Hakim hosts a special edition of Dateline from New York looking at the firestorm of international outrage it's unleashed.

She's on the streets for rowdy protests against his regime, and she hears from the city's Jewish community, who ask how he's allowed to enter the United States at all.

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And when Ahmadinejad speaks at the summit, US and Israeli delegates walk out… both countries delivering a severe warning to Iran over its nuclear plans.

But what do the Iranians make of the hostility?

In a special Dateline interview, Yalda puts the question to the country's Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, who accuses the US of a double standard on nuclear issues.

See Dateline's program from New York tonight at 9.30pm on SBS ONE, and read more now on the Dateline website.


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