Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Iran leader condemned by university host

Quotes:

On Iran's intent: "We are a peace-loving nation"

On the Holocaust: "Why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price for an event they had nothing to do with?" ... "Granted this happened, what does it have to do with the Palestian people?"

On the destruction of Israel: "We love all nations. We are friends with the Jewish people"

On human rights: "People in Iran are very joyous, happy people ... They’re very free in expressing what they think.” ... [women in Iran were] “the freest women in the world ... They’re active in every level of society"

Earlier CFG posts on Ahmadinejad

Below are previous Ahmadinejad quotes on Israel (Source):

1. "Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."
   
2. "Remove Israel before it is too late and save yourself from the fury of regional nations."
   
3. "The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land. As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
   
4. "If the West does not support Israel, this regime will be toppled. As it has lost its raison d' tre, Israel will be annihilated."
   
5. "Israel is a tyrannical regime that will one day will be destroyed."
   
6. "Israel is a rotten, dried tree that will be annihilated in one storm."