By Vaaredi

The highlight from news this week in Iran is the visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly by President Mahmud Ahmadi Nejad to meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.  According to the newspaper Ettelat, this is the sixth time Ahmadi Nejad has traveled to New York.  The paper notes that during last year’s visit, hundreds of Iranians living in the U.S. and Canada protested the legitimacy of the 2009 Iranian elections, and at that time the President left the assembly because of opposition shown to him by attendees from 145 nations.  “My detractors are entirely free, like all Iranians are free to carry on their lives as they see fit and to act as they desire,” the president said according to Ettelat.  “There are no limitations on actions that are within the law, but must be recognized that all Iranians live according to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic.”