Andres Oppenheimer
Iranian President
Ahmadinejad told
It was part of the Iranian regime's familiar game of making incendiary statements at home - calling for the destruction of
On my own
But a quick search of Hispantv's own website and other Iranian government-controlled media, as well as mainstream newspapers from across the world, show that
In a typical news story titled "Ahmadinejad underscores the nefarious role of Zionism in the world" dated
In the same speech, Ahmadinejad said that "whoever is pro-freedom, pro-justice, in order to establish them, must do something so that the (Israeli) Zionist regime ceases to exist."
In another article on Hispantv's website, dated
Arismendi wrote that the video's apparent producer,
Christians are not spared from derogatory statements by the Iranian leadership. Hasan Rahimpur Azghadi, of the
My opinion: Ahmadinejad has the right to criticize
If
And if Iranian leaders want us to seriously believe that they are being misquoted about wanting to wipe
The true nature of
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