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Russia's chief rabbi doubts Iran wants peaceful nuke program

Moscow, October 27, Interfax - The appeal of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to wipe Israel off the international map undermines confidence in the Iranian nuclear program, Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar said on Thursday.

"The statement by the Iranian ruler shows that elementary norms of morals and civilized co-existence are alien to him. Thus, attempts by the Tehran regime to gain access to nuclear technologies look alarming, and their claims of an allegedly peaceful nuclear program can hardly be trusted," he said.

"It seemed in recent decades that the world was close to making tolerance a fundamental principle of international relations. Alas, we can see that this is not so," he said.

Lazar hopes that "the Russian administration will take a new look at the danger and condemn the position of the Iranian administration" following this statement.

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