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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki talking to reporters in Damascus, Syria on Friday. (AP) Last update - 11:50 18/02/2008 Tehran: Israel has neither legitimacy nor any role in the Middle East By DPA Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel  Tehran on Monday said that even after 60 years, Israel still has neither legitimacy nor any role in the Middle East, ISNA news agency reported Monday. "The West has tried to impose a fabricated regime on the Middle East but even after 60 years, the Zionist regime (Israel) has neither gained any legitimacy nor played any role in this region," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. Calling United States policies in the Middle East a failure, Mottaki predicted the collapse of Israel. Advertisement Mottaki was in Beirut last week to participate in the funeral procession for Imad Muganiyeh, a military leader of the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah who was killed in a bomb attack in Damascus last week. Tehran, an avid supporter of Hezbollah, blamed Israel for Muganiyeh's assassination but said that such moves could not stop the struggle against Israeli "atrocities." "The era of imposing policies on other states by military threats is over. The nations in the region will no longer surrender to any threats," Mottaki said. Iran does not acknowledge Israel as a sovereign state and historic hostilities reached their peak following the 2005 election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who not only called for Israel's elimination from the Middle East but also questioned the Holocaust. Related articles: Haaretz.com TV: Bush, in Israel: Iran poses threat to world peace Israel welcomes largest group of Iran olim since Islamic Revolution Livni behind closed doors: Iran nukes pose little threat to Israel Bookmark to del.icio.us   Intrigue at Heathrow According to the BBC, an IDF general dodged arrest as U.K. police feared shootout. Decency in remission A Ramat Yishai widow is suspected of faking cancer to receive donations.   1.   This is a fair statement.... 12:01  |  Mardokh 18/02/08   2.   This is also a fair statement... 12:12  |  Mike 18/02/08   3.   KING DAVID 12:13  |  LEGITIMACY ? 18/02/08   4.   predictions 12:14  |  John the Revelator 18/02/08   5.   Laughing Stock 12:25  |  Sam 18/02/08   6.   Mardokh and Mottaki, get some medication 12:27  |  Ehud 18/02/08   7.   No wonder Iranian regime is treated like a leper. 12:54  |  Stephen 18/02/08   8.   Funny guy 13:02  |  Uzi 18/02/08   9.   THAT CLOWN has no legitamacy even in his own country 13:16  |  PETER SM 18/02/08   10.   Hahaha...6 million Jews here say differently 13:29  |  SLAVO 18/02/08   11.   If it wasn`t so dangerous, Tehran would be funny! 13:47  |  Nechama 18/02/08   12.   Just consider the source 13:53  |  Conroy 18/02/08   13.   iran on legitimacy the joke of the century ! 14:14  |  v hardman 18/02/08   14.   It`s all psychological projection 14:37  |  Andy 18/02/08   15.   Amos Schocken or Eldar are his speech-writers 14:47  |  Absolute Sweden 18/02/08   16.   How many nobel prize winners are muslim? 14:49  |  DR 18/02/08   17.   AN ARMY AND A FLAG.... DON`T PROVIDE LEGITIMACY 15:01  |  TripleJump 18/02/08   18.   Interesting 15:27  |  Michael 18/02/08   19.   It may be hard to see right now, but... 15:31  |  Edith 18/02/08   20.   Well said TripleJump! Nasrallah won`t like u call him a thug 15:38  |  like it is 18/02/08   21.   The De-Evolution Of Iran 15:39  |  B`Galil 18/02/08   22.   Muslims = Zero productivity 15:53  |  real vision 18/02/08   23.   Iran Has No Legitimatcy 15:54  |  MIKE 18/02/08   24.   Izi - They Are Not "Towelheads" 15:58  |  MIKE 18/02/08   25.   The roots of ?Palestinian? nationalism. 16:02  |  Jean Van Daem 18/02/08   26.   hitler has come back: react 16:11  |  miguel 18/02/08   27.   "J`pense danc je suis" 16:13  |  Rene d`es Cartes 18/02/08   28.   mid-sentence: pffft. and he is vapourised.` 16:18  |  frenz 18/02/08   29.   These shiites are the devil incarnate 16:27  |  Angel B. 18/02/08   30.   Iran`s Legitimacy 16:29  |  Ann 18/02/08   31.   They are UGLY, act UGLY, speak UGLY 16:29  |  Mr. Clean 18/02/08   32.   @22 real vision 16:30  |  Mark B. 18/02/08   33.   To Sam of "Laughing Stock" 16:57  |  Javad 18/02/08   34.   The Shia Apostacy Regime Will Fall 17:04  |  Honi 18/02/08   35.   iran has neither legitimacy nor any role in middle east 23:52  |  frenz 18/02/08   36.   Thuggery Run Amuck 09:07  |  Leslie-Ann 20/02/08   37.   Me Thinks They Dost Protest Too Much 09:28  |  Leslie-Ann 20/02/08

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