The Annan aides , who said they were not authorized to discuss the closed-door meeting for attribution , described Mr. Ahmadinejad as confident , brash and uncompromising , bent on impressing his visitors with the growing power of Iran in the region and the world and portraying the United States and Britain as fading powers paying a price for meddling in the Middle East .
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