Here is how the official iranian news agency translates Ahmadenejad's words: "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday called for Israel to be "wiped off the map". ... "As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map," said Ahmadinejad, referring to the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini. http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=200247 But of course feel free to prefer Wael's translation to the official Iranian translation of the speech which was posted two years ago and has never been corrected/retracted. As you properly said in your post, Ohhhh, the stupidity!