Khamenei supports anti-Israel comments

Iran’s supreme ruler came out in support of his maligned president on Saturday, who created an international storm by demanding that Israel be moved to Europe.

‘‘The unusual sensitivity of Zionists and their American supporters toward Iran’s stance over the Zionist state reveals their increased weakness and fear about the level of attention given by Islamic nations to the Palestinian issue,’’ state-run Iranian radio quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying.

But the US, Israel, Europe, the United Nations and even Iranian ally Russia condemned Ahmadinejad for casting doubt on whether the Nazi Holocaust took place and suggesting Europe give land for a Jewish state if it felt guilty about it.