One million Iranians in anti-Israel marches

IRAN’S hardline president marched in the streets of Tehran yesterday alongside tens of thousands of people supporting his call for the destruction of Israel — remarks that have been condemned around the world.

The rally was one of several state-organised anti-Israel demonstrations across the country that drew more than a million Iranians.

World leaders have condemned Wednesday's remarks by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who repeated the words of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution, by saying: "Israel must be wiped off the map".