1.  Why was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech this week to the U.N. General Assembly his last?

 

2.  How does Iranian President Ahmadinejad view the state of Israel?

 

3.  a) Under the United Nations’ NPT (Non Proliferation Treaty) countries are not allowed to make nuclear weapons (except for the 5 that had nuclear weapons prior to the treaty: the U.S., Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom).  How does U.N. member Iran explain its nuclear program?

b)  Read the "Background" below the questions.  Why do you think Iran won't admit that they are working to build nuclear weapons?

 

4.  Define diplomacy.

 

5.  What did President Ahmadinejad say in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly that would lead you to think President Obama's policy of resolving the nuclear crisis through diplomacy with Iran might not work?

 

6.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking to the General Assembly today.  What do you think he should say about Iran's nuclear program?  

 

CHALLENGE:  Watch Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech.  Do you think it was an effective speech?  Explain your answer.