Independent Online Edition > Middle East: "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defied worldwide outrage at his call for the destruction of Israel, by joining a demonstration in Tehran and restating his desire to see Israel 'wiped from the map'.
The populist firebrand sparked a crisis in Iran's foreign relations on Tuesday when he told a Tehran conference that Israel should be 'wiped out' in a new wave of Palestinian attacks.
Yesterday, he was on the streets of the capital with demonstrators waving placards calling for the 'death of America'. He said: 'My words are the Iranian nation's words. Westerners are free to comment but their reactions are invalid.'
The diplomatic storm comes at a dangerous time for Iran, with the US pushing for Tehran to be taken to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme."
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