In a speech given in April 2008 , Ahmadinejad described the September 11 , 2001 attacks as a " suspect event . " He minimized the attacks by saying all that had happened was , " a building collapsed . " He claimed that the death toll was never published , that the victims ' names were never published , and that the attacks were used subsequently as pretext for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq
September 11 , 2001 attacks
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Presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad