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August 14, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/world/middleeast/14iran.html

Iran Legislators Condemn Official for Suggesting Iran Is a Friend of the Israeli People

[New York Times] Nazila Fathi - The Iranian Parliament declared Wednesday that saying Iran is a friend of the Israeli people is an "unforgivable mistake." In a statement signed by 200 members of the 290-seat assembly, Iranian lawmakers called on President Ahmadinejad to dismiss Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, the vice president for tourism, after he repeated on Sunday his earlier comment that "we are a friend of all people in the world, even Israelis and Americans." "We do not recognize a country called Israel and so we cannot recognize a nation called Israel," the lawmakers said in their statement.

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