Ahmadinejad: Misunderstood? Misinterpreted?

 

Or the insane rants of an irrational, fanatical madman?

With thanks to Atlas

 

ANNIHILATIONIST IRAN ADMITS TO 6,000 NCLEAR ENRICHING CENTRIFUGES

 

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his Own Words   2008

 

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June 2, 2008

“You should know that the criminal and terrorist Zionist regime, which has 60 years of plundering, aggression and crimes in its file, has reached the end of its work and will soon disappear off the geographical scene.” (Speech commemorating the 19th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, as quoted by Reuters)

May 14, 2008

“The Zionist regime is dying. The criminals imagine that by holding celebrations … they can save the Zionist regime from death. They should know that regional nations hate this fake and criminal regime and if the smallest and briefest chance is given to regional nations they will destroy (it).”(Speech coinciding with President George W. Bush’s visit to Israel on its 60th anniversary, as quoted by Reuters)

May 13, 2008

“This terrorist and criminal state (Israel) is backed by foreign powers, but this regime would soon be swept away by the Palestinians.” (Remarks at press conference in Tehran, as quoted by dpa)

May 8, 2008

“Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken.”

“Today the reason for the Zionist regime’s existence is questioned, and this regime is on its way to annihilation.… (Israel) has reached the end like a dead rat after being slapped by the Lebanese.” (Remarks on Israel’s Independence Day, as quoted by Iran’s official IRNA news agency)

March 10, 2008

“Resistance is the only way to defeat the Zionists and their masters.” (as quoted by Iran’s official IRNA news agency)

February 20, 2008

“The world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime, which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast. … “[Israel] won support [from the other nations] which created it as a scarecrow, so as to keep the people of this area under control.”

January 30, 2008 

 

“I warn you to abandon the filthy Zionist entity, which has reached the end of the line. It has lost its reason to be and will sooner or later fall. The ones who still support the criminal Zionists should know that the occupiers’ days are numbered. … Accept that the life of Zionists will sooner or later come to an end.”

November 27, 2007

“It is impossible that the Zionist regime will survive. Collapse is in the nature of this regime because it has been created on aggression, lying, oppression and crime.” (As quoted by IRNA)

On Annapolis: “We regret that some people fell victim to the cursed Zionist regime and they are mistaken if they thought this meeting was an achievement for them or helps reinforce the Zionists.” (As quoted by the AFP)

October 5, 2007 

On Zionist control of the West: “I would now like to ask Western governments to explain which one is right. Are they held captive [by the Zionists] or are they the puppet masters of the Zionists?”

 

“In both cases, they are accomplice to the crimes of the Zionist regime and they should know thatthey should be accountable for what they have done.”

“They should know that if they are held captive by the Zionists and they do not dissociate themselves from them, they would soon be tried and punished in courts of justice by the powerful hands of nations.”

On the Holocaust:
“After the Second World War, they created a scenario called ‘pogrom against Jews.’ All over Europe and the countries under Western rule, an anti-Jewish movement has been concocted. The climate of propaganda and psychological warfare on the one hand and on the other hand using the issue of ovens burning human beings, they have concocted a myth of deprivation and innocence for the Jews of Europe. They use this pretext of the innocence of Jews and the suffering of some Jews during the Second World War. Riding on the crest of a wave of anti-Jewish sentiments, they have laid the foundations for the Zionist regime.”

On resettling the Jews from Israel to Canada or Alaska: “…you cannot tolerate the presence of Zionists in Europe but want to inflict them on the people of our region? You have so much land in your possession. This vast land of Canada and Alaska can be used to resettle the Jews. Save yourselves.” (Al-Quds Day speech)

September 24, 2007

On aliyah to Israel: “…on the other hand, they gather a number of Jews from different parts of the world through false propaganda and with the promise of providing them with welfare, jobs and food, and settle them in the occupied territories, exposing them to the harshest restrictions, psychological pressures and constant threats.

They prevent these people from returning to their homelands and by coercion and propaganda induce them to malevolence toward the indigenous Palestinian people.”

Call for “divine justice” in the international community: “The era of darkness will end. Prisoners will return home. The occupied lands will be freed. Palestine and Iraq will be liberated from the domination of the occupiers. And the people of America and Europe will be free of the pressures exerted by the Zionists.” (Speech to UN General Assembly)

August 28, 2007

“Zionists are people without any religion.  They are lying about being Jewish because religion means brotherhood, friendship and respecting other divine religions…

They are an organized minority who have infiltrated the world. They are not even a 10,000-strong organization.” (At a news conference in Tehran)

August 18, 2007

“The Zionist regime is the flag bearer of violation and occupation and this regime is the flag of Satan. …It is not unlikely that this regime be on the path to dissolution and deterioration when the philosophy behind its creation and survival is invalid.” (Address to an international religious conference in Tehran)

 

June 3, 2007

“With God’s help, the countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the hands of the children of Lebanon and Palestine . . . By God’s will, we will witness the destruction of this regime in the near future.” (Speech, as quoted by the Fars News Agency)

March 21, 2007

“It is quite clear that a bunch of Zionist racists are the problem the modern world is facing today. They have access to global power and media centers and seek to use this access to keep the world in a state of hardship, poverty and grudge and strengthen their rule. The great nation of Iran is opposed to this inhuman trend. Of course, the Iranian nation will stick to its rightful stance. The Zionists and their supporters do not know that they are using failed approaches to take on human values, human civilization, nations and the great nation of Iran. Admitting the right of the dear Iranian nation and submitting to justice and the rule of law are the best way to salvation and the best way out of the deadlocks they have created for themselves.” (from a recorded New Year’s message aired on Iranian television)

February 28, 2007

“The Zionists are the true manifestation of Satan . . . Many Western governments that claim to be pioneers of democracy and standard bearers of human rights close their eyes over crimes committed by the Zionists and by remaining silent support the Zionists due to their hedonistic and materialistic tendencies.” (to a meeting of Sudanese Islamic scholars in Khartoum)

December 12, 2006

“Thanks to people’s wishes and God’s will the trend for the existence of the Zionist regime is downwards and this is what God has promised and what all nations want…Just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out” (Comments to Iran’s Holocaust Conference)

November 29, 2006

“What have the Zionists done for the American people that the US administration considers itself obliged to blindly support these infamous aggressors?  Is it not because they have imposed themselves on a substantial portion of the banking, financial, cultural and media sectors?” (Letter from Ahmadinejad “to the American people”)

November 13, 2006

“Israel is destined for destruction and will soon disappear” Israel is “a contradiction to nature, we foresee its rapid disappearance and destruction.”

October 19, 2006

“The Zionist regime is counterfeit and illegitimate and cannot survive” (as quoted by Iranian state television)

August 6, 2006

“They (Israel) kill women and children, young and old. And, behind closed doors, they make plans for the advancement of their evil goals.” (as quoted by Khorasan Provincial TV)

August 4, 2006

“A new Middle East will prevail without the existence of Israel.” (as quoted by Malaysian news agency Bernama website)

August 2, 2006

“Although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage an immediate cease-fire must be implemented.” (as quoted by Iranian TV)

“Are they human beings?… They (Zionists) are a group of blood-thirsty savages putting all other criminals to shame.” (as quoted by Iranian TV)

July 27, 2006

“The occupying regime of Palestine has actually pushed the button of its own destruction by launching a new round of invasion and barbaric onslaught on Lebanon” (as quoted by Islamic Republic News Agency via the Associated Press)

 

July 16, 2006

“The Zionists think that they are victims of Hitler, but they act like Hitler and behave worse than Genghis Khan.” (as quoted by the Iranian News Agency)

July 13, 2006

“The Zionists and their protectors are the most detested people in all of humanity, and the hatred is increasing every day.”

“The worse their crimes, the quicker they will fall.”

“[Israel] has blackened the pages of history”. (as quoted by Iranian state television)

June 16, 2006

“I think we have sufficiently talked about this matter and these Holocaust events need to be further investigated by independent and impartial parties.”

“An event that has influenced so many diplomatic and political equations of the world needs to investigated and researched by impartial and independent groups.”

“If it is true, then the response to this question should not be solved in Palestine. The Palestinian question should be settled as soon as possible.  If it is false, why should such measures be taken against the people of Palestine?” (a news conference following a meeting with China’s president)

May 28, 2006

“I believe the German people are prisoners of the Holocaust.  More than 60 million were killed in World War II . . . The question is: Why is it that only the Jews are at the center of attention?”

“We say that if the Holocaust happened, then the Europeans must accept the consequences and the price should not be paid by Palestine.  If it did not happen, then the Jews must return to where they came from.” (in an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine) May 11, 2006

Israel is “a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish.” (to a student rally in Jakarta, Indonesia)

April 24, 2006

”We say that this fake regime (Israel) cannot not logically continue to live. Open the doors (of Europe) and let the Jews go back to their own countries.”(In a news conference held on April 24, 2006)

April 14, 2006

“The Zionist regime is an injustice and by its very nature a permanent threat. Whether you like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation.  The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm.”

“If there is serious doubt over the Holocaust, there is no doubt over the catastrophe and holocaust being faced by the Palestinians. Holocaust has been continuing in Palestine over the past 60 years.” (In a speech at the opening of the “Support for the Palestinian Intifada” conference on April 14-16 hosted in Tehran)

February 23, 2006

“These heinous acts are committed by a group of Zionists and occupiers that have failed. They have failed in the face of Islam’s logic and justice . . . They invade the shrine and bomb there because they oppose God and justice . . . But be sure, you will not be saved from the wrath and power of the justice-seeking nations by resorting to such acts.” (In a speech broadcast on state television, where Ahmadinejad suggested that the bombing of a major Shiite shrine in Iraq by Sunni insurgents was plotted by Israel and the U.S. to divide Muslims.)

January 5, 2006

“Hopefully, the news that the criminal of Sabra and Chatilla has joined his ancestors is final.” (To a group of Muslim clerics in the Iranian city of Qom, as quoted in the semi-official student news agency ISNA, in a reference to the illness of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon).

“[N]o Muslim nation would put up with this entity [i.e. Israel] in Islamic lands, not for one moment … If it’s true that the [Europeans] committed a big crime in World War II, then they must take responsibility for it themselves, and not ask the Palestinian people to pay the price … Those countries that support this regime [Israel] were terrified at the suggestion that [Israel] should be relocated to their neighborhood. So why should the Palestinians and the countries in our region accept this entity?” (In a speech before an audience in the Iranian city of Qom, aired on television)

January 2, 2006

“[The creation of Israel after World War II] killed two birds with one stone [for Europe] … [The objectives achieved by Europe were] [s]weeping the Jews out of Europe and at the same time creating a European appendix with a Zionist and anti-Islamic nature in the heart of the Islamic world …Zionism is a Western ideology and a colonialist idea … and right now it massacres Muslims with direct guidance and help from the United States and a part of Europe … Zionism is basically a new [form of] fascism.” (In written answers to questions from the public reproduced in several Iranian newspapers)

December 14, 2005  

“Today, they [Europeans] have created a myth in the name of Holocaust and consider it to be above God, religion and the prophets … This is our proposal: give a part of your own land in Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to them [Jews] so that the Jews can establish their country.” (Speaking to thousands of people in the Iranian city of Zahedan) December 13, 2005

“If the killing of Jews in Europe is true and the Zionists are being supported because of this excuse, why should the Palestinian nation pay the price?”(Comments published on Iranian state television’s Web site)  

December 8, 2005  

“Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces…. Although we don’t accept this claim, if we suppose it is true, our question for the Europeans is: Is the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hitler the reason for their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem?  If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe — like in Germany, Austria or other countries — to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe.” (While speaking to reporters at an Islamic summit in Mecca)

November 27, 2005  

“You [the United States], who have used nuclear weapons against innocent people, who have used uranium ordnance in Iraq, should be tried as war criminals in courts.” (During a nationally televised ceremony of the establishment of Iran’s volunteer Basij paramilitary)  

October 29, 2005  

“They [the United States] think they are the absolute rulers of the world.” (Marching in a demonstration alongside a crowd of students in Tehran)  

October 28, 2005  

“They [International Zionist and Expansionist Policies of the World Arrogance, i.e. United States and Israel] are cheeky humans, and they think that the entire world should obey them. They destroy Palestinian families and expect nobody to object to them.” (Defending his earlier comments)  

October 26, 2005  

“Israel must be wiped off the map … The establishment of a Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world . . . The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny.  The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land.” (In an address to 4,000 students at a program titled, ‘The World Without Zionism’)

June 19, 2005  

“It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals. Should such a privilege continue to exist, the Muslim world with a population of nearly 1.5 billion should be extended the same privilege.” (In an interview with state television shortly before his election)  

June 8, 2005

The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam. (In an interview on state television)

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Iran arrests 16 converts to Christianity

And they’re hoping to give them the death penalty, in accord with Muhammad’s dictum: “If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.”

“Iran: Sixteen Christian converts arrested,” from AKI, July 29 via DW