Ahmadinejad’s anti-Israel rants prompts UN walkout

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s anti-Israel statements Monday at a controversial U.N. conference prompted quick international concern and condemnation. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose delegation at the U.N. anti-racism conference in Switzerland was among those walking out of the room in response to Ahmadinejad’s remarks, was quick to “unreservedly condemn” the Iranian president’s words. - from CNN

A large number of Western diplomats walked out of a U.N. conference when Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called Israel the “most cruel and repressive racist regime.” - from here

Ahmadinejad, who has in the past cast doubt on the Nazi Holocaust, accused Israel of occupying Palestinian territories “on the pretext of Jewish suffering.” He was quoted on Sunday by Iran’s state broadcaster as saying “the Zionist ideology and regime are the flag bearers of racism.” - from here

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