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Iranian officials had suggested in advance that Mr. Ahmadinejad might use the U.N. speech to try to defuse international concern about his country's nuclear intentions.

However the address, the new Iranian president's first appearance in a major international forum, lacked specifics on the issue and included only a general mention of an increasing  danger posed by the production and use of weapons of mass destruction.

Mr. Ahmadinejad, an Islamic hard-liner elected in June, broadly condemned what he said were pre-emptive policies by a few world powers, which he described as a modern manifestation of interventionism and war-mongering.

In the speech, which was laced with religious references, the Iranian president also called for broader representation on the U.N. Security Council, lamenting among other things that no Islamic country is among its permanent members. He is heard through an interpreter --

 
 
defuse   to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer
     
war-monger   a politician or other leader who is often encouraging a country to go to war
     
lament   to express sadness and regret about
 
 
 

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