The U.S. delegation to the United Nations summit walked out during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech today, as they seem to do every year. Today's reason? Ahmadinejad started talking about 9/11 being an inside job. God, he's annoying. [Image: Getty]

Page six reports that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brought his own personal chef to New York for this week's UN General Assembly. Apparently not a good chef: His meals "make the whole hotel stink like hell," according to a source.

[Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad couldn't get by without his trusty earpiece today when he visited the United Nations for the start of the three-day Millennium Development Goals summit, which focuses on global poverty. Image via Getty]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after freeing American captive Sarah Shourd on $500,000 "bail," is asking President Obama to reciprocate by freeing eight Iranians held in U.S. custody: "How would you know those Iranians are criminals? Are you a judge?"

Sarah Shourd, one of the three Americans held captive in Iran, is on her way back to the U.S. today, and is scheduled to speak in New York tomorrow as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for the UN General Assembly.

Fidel Castro wishes his fellow American enemy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, would cool it with his anti-Semitism, he tells the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg during a rare, interesting interview. Ahmadinejad probably won't listen. But nice of Castro to try! [Image: AP]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today showed off his newest weapon — an unmanned Karrar bomber drone, or The Ambassador of Death. But, according to Ahmadinejad, the drone is not just for killing, it carries a "message of peace and friendship."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an assassination attempt today when his motorcade was attacked with a grenade, according to Dubai's Al Arabiya, citing presidential sources. Iranian state-run Press TV denies the attack happened, blaming "foreign news sources" for false reports.

Adorably crazy theocrat Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a new enemy: Paul the psychic octopus! He recently declared the World Cup prognosticating cephalopod an agent of "western propaganda and superstition," and insisted that people who support Paul cannot lead nations well. Spoilsport!

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president of Iran, but he's also the host of a talk-show. It is called The Crazy Report, with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In today's episode, Ahmadinejad told George Stephanopoulos he knew where Osama Bin Laden is. Washington D.C.!

[Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York today for a UN conference. Like everyone else, Ahmadinejad loves New York—he's visited at least once a year since 2005. Image via mattmolnar's Flickr and nyc the tumblr.]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive at JFK at 5pm today. Welcome to New York!

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is probably coming to NYC next week. Are you just gonna take that?

The prickly President of Venezuela has just about had it with the backstabby world of online political dissidence, and has vowed to fight back with a blog of his own. Generation Overshare, please welcome your soon-to-be newest comrade.

So, there was an election in Iraq today. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became a 9/11 truther. And Al Qaeda's spokesman, Azzam the American, may have been captured! Here's all the stuff you missed while ogling the red carpet.

Ahmadinejad.ir, website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been hacked by someone who asks God if, having taken away Jacko and Farrah Fawcett last year, he can get rid of Mahmoud in 2010.

• Diane Sawyer made her debut this evening as anchor of ABC's World News; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the night's big attraction. [AP]
• Avatar pulled in $73 million at the domestic box office (and $232 million worldwide), although it would have made more if it hadn't snowed. [LAT, NYT]
• Yelp walked away from a deal to be bought by Google over the weekend. [TC]
• Radio giant Citadel Broadcasting Corporation has filed Chapter 11. [NYT]
• Jay Leno's already bad situation appears to be getting worse. [B&C, NYP]
• Howard Stern is in the middle of tense contract talks with Sirius XM right now, which is why he's threatening to leave the satellite radio company. [AP]
• Twitter will turn a profit in '09, although it still isn't worth $1 billion. [BN]
• Kim Kardashian plug products on Twitter for $10K/tweet. No joke. [AdAge]
• Useless year-end awards: Taylor Swift was named the AP's "entertainer of the year"; Madonna was deemed the "most famous celebrity of the decade."

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad turns 53 today. The richest man on the planet, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is turning 54. Julia Roberts celebrates her 42nd birthday today. Conan sidekick Andy Richter is turning 43. Joaquin Phoenix is 35. Bruce Jenner, the former athlete and current stepdad to the Kardashian clan, is turning 60. The CEO of Pepsi, Indra Nooyi, is turning 54. Singer/songwriter Ben Harper is 40. Actress Lauren Holly is 46. Actor Dennis Franz is turning 65. And former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres turns 35 today.

Iranian officials are blaming America for a terrorist attack in the Sistan-Baluchistan province. They're also vowing to take revenge on those responsible for the bombing. This could get ugly.

Think Western journalists have it rough? About 2,000 Iranian journalists have lost their jobs since the election. And those who haven't been arrested have fled the regime of overwrought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who says they're worse than "nuclear weapons." [NYT]