Iran’s new president to address UN this month

United Nations: Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly this month in his debut on the world stage.

The United Nations has his speech scheduled for September 24, hours after US President Barack Obama addresses the annual General Assembly.

Rouhani, elected in June, is widely viewed as more moderate than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who used speeches at the General Assembly to question the Nazi Holocaust and the official explanation that the September 11, 2001 attacks were caused by hijacked planes.

Iran is the subject of UN sanctions over its suspected development of nuclear weapons, which its government denies.

The Security Council committee on Iran sanctions is meeting on Thursday afternoon.