Iran's Ahmadinejad wants a new world order

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / CBS

(AP) NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that a new world order needs to emerge, away from years of American "bullying" and domination.

Ahmadinejad spoke to The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly - his last as president of Iran.

He also discussed solutions for Syria, dismissed the question of Iran's nuclear ambition and claimed that despite Western sanctions his country is better off than it was when he took office in 2005.

"God willing, a new order will come together and we'll do away with everything that distances us," Ahmadinejad said. "Now even elementary school kids throughout the world have understood that the United States government is following an international policy of bullying. They command from behind the microphone. They command and impose their wills on how things should be done. I do believe the system of empires has reached the end of the road. The world can no longer see an emperor commanding it."

"Bullying must come to an end. Occupation must come to an end," he added.

(In an interview to air Wednesday on "CBS This Morning," Ahmadinejad spoke to Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell about the threat of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, and how his country would respond. Watch a preview from that interview below.)

Ahmadinejad said Iran was one of nearly a dozen countries forming a new contact group to try to end the 18-month-old civil war in Syria. The group would include '10 or 11 countries in the Middle East and elsewhere and meet in New York "very soon," Ahmadinejad said.

He said the group hopes to get government and the opposition to sit across from each other.

Activists say nearly 30,000 people have died in the Syrian uprising that began in the March 2011.

Earlier this month, Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi announced the formation of a four-member contact group with Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. But Saudi Arabia so far has not participated.

It was unclear how Ahmadinejad's contact group would combine with the earlier effort by Morsi or mediating efforts of international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

He announced it ahead of a Friday meeting of key countries in the so-called Friends of Syria group, which supports the opposition and is planning for a transition after the departure of President Bashar Assad.

"I will do everything in my power to create stability, peace and understanding in Syria," Ahmadinejad said.

He denied any knowledge of the whereabouts of Robert Levinson, a private investigator and former FBI agent who vanished in Iran five years ago. He said he directed Iranian and intelligence services two years ago to work with their counterparts in the U.S. to locate him.

"And if any help there is that I can bring to bear, I would be happy to do so," he said.

(In an interview below with "CBS This Morning," Ahmadinejad drops a clue about Robert Levinson, ex-FBI agent who vanished 5 years ago in Iran.)

[MikeHeitz]

Ahmadinejad may want a New World Order, but US and Israeli politicians and big banking heads want it more. Remember in elementary when you would silent fart; and kids would start blaming each other for the onslaught including yourself looking around as if nothing even happened. That is all that is happening here. The US, Israel, and most main stream media are trying to say that Ahmadinejad is a NWO supporter and figure head. All that I have to say is, whoever smelt it dealt it, and however made the rhyme did the crime...

Check out this extremely interesting article on the subject:

http://newworldorderdia.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/is-war-with-iran-imminet/

[Logical123]

Norah O'Donnell sounded like an absolute idiot in this interview. Nothing against women, but she sounded like a kindergartner in asking questions. Charlie Rose himself has been interviewing Ahmadinejad for several year. Yet, he he still asks the same old stupid questions. No wonder there is such a complete misunderstanding in the US about Iran and Ahmadinejad.

[humblebumbler]

Its a small world after all; Lets get along.

[humblebumbler]

I think all of these world leaders need to spend a day at disneyworld together.

[conspiracygeek]

Ahmadinajad must be going rogue or this is all part of the theatrics the inner circle wrote for the world's script before NWO really does occur. Read The Last Degree-fiction, but explains it all: http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Degree-ebook/dp/B008GWI754/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1348670934&sr=8-2&keywords=the+last+degree

[quincytodd]

This puts me and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on the same page. Seeing the sorry state of affairs the world is in today, no one can blame Mahmoud. American bullying and domination is just simply wrong, wrong and wrong and needs to end as soon as possible for the sake of humanity!

[john92021]

new world order, I wonder how he is going to like dealing with the Chinese?

[john92021]

my point, dependency equals subservience.

[Logical123]

He gets along perfectly fine with the Chinese who the biggest traders with Iran. What do you think is the problem?

[LBMonizRetiredJournalist]

The Iranian president would make a good standup comedian. First he says we're the bullies of the world (and, yes, I can understand how that conclusion could be reached due to constant meddling in other countries affairs) but then he says a group of Mid-East nations has been formed to end the Syrian Civil War. Where will they meet? Why, the U.S. of course! Could it be, that just like the pathetic anti-Muslim movie, we're being setup for the blame regardless of which way such discussions go???

[Logical123]

Why don't find out a little about what you are talking about before shooting your mouth off? The contact group was proposed by the new president of Egypt. They already met once in Cairo but since everybody was in NYC for the UN meeting, they had anther meeting there. So, what is your problem?

[Jesus_to_ground_control]

World Domination

Mahmud's speech at the U.N. today will give us a glimpse of his new world order.

[Jonathan5761]

Iran isn't trying to bluff anybody into anything, they just want to be left alone.

[aghast101]

Really???? You believe that?