Iran’s Ahmadinejad says Israel will not survive, doomed to “collapse”
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is doomed to “collapse” and will not survive, speaking a day after a U.S.-brokered Mideast peace conference that many saw as aimed in part at isolating Tehran.
“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,” Ahmadinejad said after a Cabinet meeting, according to state-run television.
Iran has condemned Tuesday’s Annapolis conference, saying it was doomed to failure and will discredit Arab countries who participated. Syria participated in the gathering, a step Iran said surprised it in a rare show of discontent with its close ally.
