IRNA today: "Zionists are infidel" and more!

You got that right--"Zionists are infidel" is their title! The first little item in our sampling displays that delightful Khomeinist tone-deafness to how its rhetoric sounds to, well, infidels. Of course, some folks have different ideas as to who is and who isn't an infidel. I may be a Kuffar, but I ain't no Kofer, Mahmoud Baby!

"Ahmadinejad: Zionists are infidel"

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the Zionists are not Jews but infidel.

President Ahmadinejad made the remark in a press conference in presence of domestic and foreign reporters in Tehran.

"Our stands on the Zionist regime is very clear. The Iranian nation has never recognized the Zionist regime," he said.

The Zionist regime is the main cause of all corruptions and crimes in the region, he said.

The Zionist regime is 'fabricated and illegal', he said adding that it has been created to threaten, pressurize and target nations in the region.

Nations in the region have never recognized the regime and will not do so in the future, he said.

A very few Zionists have gained power in the world and act in a way as if they have the final say and others back their decisions, said President Ahmadinejad.

In our next exhibit, Ahmadinejad jumps into the damage-control game concerning the unfortunate expression of non-hatred that Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei blundered into a pretty good while ago now:

"Ahmadinejad: Mashaei never referred to Israel as nation":

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that his deputy and head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei never referred to Israel as a nation.

President Ahmadinejad made the remark in a press conference with domestic and foreign reporters in Tehran.

The Zionists are very notorious in the eyes of the Iranian people and officials and all are very sensitive to them, he said.

The president underlined that his deputy on many occasions has delivered speeches against the Zionist regime.

President Ahmadinejad also advised the media to exercise vigilance and act cautiously in choosing terms which might create serious problems in the society.

We also learn that "Iran does not recognize any gov't or nation for Zionist regime." More Mashaei damage-control:

[...] President Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the Iranian nation has no problem with the world but it does not recognize anything by the name of Israeli government or nation.

Ahmadinejad added in a news conference with foreign and domestic reporters that statements made recently by Mashaei are clear and his words conform to those of the government.

"There are different tastes in using words and expressing opinions but our stance on the entire world is the same," he said. [...]

There you go--there is no Israeli nation so Mashaei's little gaffe could not have occurred. All it takes is a little vigilance.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad

Update: Looking for reading matter which is more sensitive to the feelings of infidels? Check out the latest Haveil Havalim.