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Iran's president accused "a few bullying powers" of trying to thwart his country's peaceful nuclear program and declared in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly that "the American empire" are nearing collapse.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sharply attacked the United States and NATO, accusing them of acting as aggressors in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of starting those wars "in order to win votes in elections."

Today's Wall Street Journal carried an opinion piece by UANI's co-chairs and president on the threat of a nuclear Iran. "We may have different political allegiances and worldviews, yet we share a common concern -- Iran's drive to be a nuclear state.... That is why the four of us, along with other policy advocates from across the political spectrum, have formed the nonpartisan group United Against Nuclear Iran.

The NY Times reported on an IAEA briefing stating that Iran has has improved centerfuge capacity while at the same time blocking attempts at inspection of key enrichment facilities. "In a six-page report, the agency charged the Iranians with continuing to stonewall about what some Western governments suspected was Iran’s past research on designing a nuclear weapon. The agency acknowledged that it had failed 'to make any substantial progress' in its investigation. 'We seem to be at a dead end,' said a senior official with links to the agency.

2 major stories breaking today, both reported on by the Associated Press.

First, "The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency shared new photos and documents purporting to show that Iran tried to refit its main long-distance missile to carry a nuclear payload, said diplomats who attended the meeting Tuesday."