TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he's ready to meet "face-to-face" with President Obama in a public debate over their countries' disputes.
The Iranian leader says he plans to visit New York for the next U.N. General assembly in September, as he has several times since coming to power in 2005.
In a speech Monday, Ahmadinejad says that during his trip to the U.S. he's ready to meet Obama "face to face and before media to put the world's issues on the table."
Ahmadinejad has repeatedly proposed televised debates with American presidents over the past years, an offer dismissed by Washington. The U.S. accuses Tehran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon, a claim Iran denies.
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