UK prime minister Tony Blair has led European leaders in fiercely condemning the Iranian president’s call that Israel "must be wiped off the map", with Russia signalling it is set to back the EU in referring Teheran to the UN security council.
Mr Blair on Thursday (27 October) said he was "revolted" by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments, made on Wednesday at a student rally in Teheran.
"I have never come across a situation of the president of a country saying they want to ...
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