Iran’s president said Israel’s days are numbered. “The countdown for the Zionist regime’s collapse has started,” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency on Sunday. “God willing, we will soon witness the collapse of this regime.” Ahmadinejad further predicted that Israel would “bow” to fighting on the Palestinian and Lebanese fronts. His frequent anti-Israel rhetoric has stoked international concern over the nuclear program in Iran.
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