Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran’s Foreign Minister: Removing a Country From the Map is Not Possible

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HAARETZ: Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that no country could be removed from the map, contradicting a previous statement made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map."

"Every primary school student knows that it is not possible to remove a country from the map and that is very clear," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a conference in Jordan when asked about Ahmadinejad's controversial remarks. Iranian FM: It isn’t possible to remove a country from the map (more)

Mark Alexander