Ahmadinejad: Zionist occupation is US' puppet

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the "Zionist regime" was established to serve the interests of the West in the Middle East. "The people that we call the occupiers of Palestine have no power of their own, they are just puppets. They do what the United States decides," he said.

Ahmadinejad, who spoke during a press conference in Tehran, called on the Palestinians to unite. "All of the people in the region must help liberate the land of Palestine." (Dudi Cohen)