Israel welcomes UN rebuke of Iran
29/10/2005 - 08:51:17Israel has welcomed the United Nation's condemnation of Iran's controversial remarks that the country should be "wiped off the map".
Preisident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the declaration and, despite early signs that Iran was attempting to defuse the storm of protest, subsequently stood by his remark.
The UN has issued a statement condemning the remarks with Kofi Anan expressing his "dismay" at the Iranian leader's stance.
President Ahmadinejad repeated the call for the destruction of the Jewish state during nationwide protests in Iran yesterday.
The 47-year-old former Mayor of Tehran joined more than a million people who flooded the streets of the capital, some of whom carried placards reading "Death to Israel, death to America".
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