ian President Defends Call For Israel's Destruction

CNN and The Guardian report that moved to limit the damage from the ian president's Hitler-like statement that Israel should be “wiped off the map:”

According to CNN, 's Moscow embassy said Ahmadinejad did not mean to "speak up in such sharp terms:"

The ian embassy, in the first official reaction to criticism of the president's remarks from world leaders, said Ahmadinejad "did not have any intention to speak up in such sharp terms and enter into a conflict."

"It's absolutely clear that, in his remarks, Mr. Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic Republic of , underlined the key position of , based on the necessity to hold free elections on the occupied territories," Reuters quoted the embassy statement as saying.

While ian Diplomats try to repair the damage, President Ahmadinejad defended his Israel should be “wiped off the map” statement, saying his remarks were "just" and the international criticism did not "have any validity."

The BBC reports tens of thousands of ians took part in a Tehran rally and supported President Ahmadinejad's statement:

Many carried posters and placards sporting the slogan "Israel should be wiped off the map".

Joining the protest, Mr Ahmadinejad said: "My words were the ian nation's words.

"Westerners are free to comment, but their reactions are invalid," Mr. Ahmadinejad told the official Irna news agency.

Even the Palestinians rejected Ahmadinejad's warlike comments, with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat saying:

"Palestinians recognise the right of the state of Israel to exist and I reject his comments," he told the BBC News website.

"What we need to be talking about is adding the state of Palestine to the map and not wiping Israel from the map," he said.

After saying that should be expelled from the United Nations, Israel is now seeking an emergency meeting of the UN.

The scary thing about Ahmadinejad's Hitler-like call for Israel's destruction is that it appears to be the official policy 's mullocracywhich is opposed to peace and reconciliation with Israel.

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[Gabriele]

Islam is worst than Nazism.