Diplomatic furore at Iran remarks

Iran’s relations with its erstwhile partners in Europe seem to be hurtling downhill like a snowball out of control.

So a more conservative president who revived the Islamic revolutionary rhetoric of 20 years ago by echoing the late Ayatollah Khomeini’s call for “Israel to be wiped off the map” was probably bound to cause consternation, and raise serious fears that Iran’s policy and intentions towards Israel could be undergoing a sea change.