Iran leader Ahmadinejad brands Israel an 'insult to humanity' in explosive rhetoric

• President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed  demonstrators in Tehran following Pro-Palestinian rallies across  Iran
• His comments came as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over its nuclear programme

  By Kerry Mcdermott

PUBLISHED:16:18 GMT, 17  August 2012| UPDATED:16:31 GMT, 17 August 2012

Israel's existence is an 'insult to all  humanity', Iran's president has said in one of his sharpest attacks yet against  the Jewish state, as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over its  nuclear programme.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said confronting Israel  was an effort to 'protect the dignity of all human beings'.

'The existence of the Zionist regime is an  insult to all humanity,' the president said in an address to worshippers at  Tehran University following nationwide pro-Palestinian rallies - an annual event  marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of  Ramadan.

Iran has denied allegations that it is  seeking to build nuclear weapons, saying its nuclear programme is peaceful and  aimed at producing electricity and radioisotopes used to treat cancer  patients.

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