'Khamenei told me that Israel must be burned to the ground'

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6. well Iran does seem to be slow to the punch so to speak as this alleged conversation took place a

dozen years ago but more about Aznar and JPosts take on this

'Putin said Israel would take care of Iran'

Aznar, speaking on Wednesday at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs about a meeting he had with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2000, said Putin’s comments came after he entreated the Russian president not to sell S300 surface- to-air missiles to Iran.

Aznar, one of the few Western leaders to have met Khamenei, said the Iranian leader made it clear when they met in October 2000 that “Israel was a historic cancer and an anomaly, a country to be put in flames and condemned to disappear.”

Aznar added that he found in Khamenei a man not only inspired by faith, but also “more nationalistic than I imagined.” He said the ayatollah wanted Iran to flourish in all fields, especially science and technology, to attain self-sufficiency and independence.

It was this desire for self-sufficiency, he said, which has led the Iranians to strive to develop their own nuclear weapons, rather than buy a bomb from North Korea or Pakistan.

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=270185


Aznar together with John Bolton and some others founded the Friends of Israel Initiative

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Israel_Initiative