Iran's president continues attacks against Israel by equating Zionism and Fascism 04 Jan 2006
January 4, 2006 The Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad has again verbally attacked Israel and Jews. read more »
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Iranian regime defends comments by president Ahmadinejad 19 Dec 2005
December 19, 2005 Iran's political leadership has dismissed international criticism of anti-Israeli remarks by president Mahmud Ahmadinejad, urging the world to show greater tolerance for differing points of view. read more »
EU Commission President Barroso says "Iranians deserve a better president" 15 Dec 2005
December 15, 2005 The head of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, has attacked Iran's president Mahmud Ahmadinejad's latest comments on Jews, saying Iranians deserved a better leader. read more »
Iran's hard-line president continues with Holocaust denial and anti-Israel rhetoric 14 Dec 2005
December 14, 2005 Iran’s president Mahmud Ahmadinejad has again questioned the dimension of the Holocaust. read more »
Iranian President in new outburst against Israel; questions dimension of Shoah 09 Dec 2005
December 09, 2005 Iran's hard-liner president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who recently had called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," again sparked a barrage of international criticism on Thursday by questioning whether the Holocaust happened and by saying that Israel should be moved to Europe. read more »
Protests in New York against Iranian president 10 Nov 2005
November 10, 2005 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, former US ambassador Richard Holbrooke and more than a dozen other civic and religious leaders have taken part in a demonstration before Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York to denounce the Iranian president's call to "wipe Israel off the map. read more »
Iran dropped from Annan's Middle East tour 07 Nov 2005
November 07, 2005 The secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, has abandoned his plan to visit Iran this month shortly before leaving New York for a tour to the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. read more »
Rallies in Tehran as Iranians support anti-Israeli comments by president Ahmadinejad 28 Oct 2005
October 28, 2005 Tens of thousands of people in Iran have staged anti-Israel protests across the country on Friday, reiterating calls by the country's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map". read more »
Iranian president calls for Israel to be 'wiped off the map!' 26 Oct 2005
October 26, 2005 Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be ' wiped off the map' and said a new wave of Palestinian attacks will destroy the Jewish state, according to Iranian media reports on Wednesday. read more »
Iranian football player with Bayern Munich not to travel to match in Israel 14 Sep 2004
Bayern Munich's Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian will not travel to Israel for Wednesday's Champions League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv. read more »
Iran honors Olympic athlete for refusing fight with Israeli 09 Sep 2004
Iran has paid a judo champion who avoided an Olympics match against an Israeli the same prize money as was given to its gold medalists, news agencies have reported. read more »
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