Australia may take Ahmadinejad to Court over Israel attacks

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Australia may take Ahmadinejad to Court over Israel attacks



14 May 2008

Australia is considering taking Iran's president to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel, the country's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has said. Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad had threatened to eliminate the Jewish state and the Australian government was taking legal advice on launching a case against him at the international court in The Hague, Rudd said. "The Iranian president's repeated extraordinary statements, which are anti-Semitic and expressing a determination to eliminate the modern state of Israel from the map, are appalling by any standards of current international relations," he told 'Sky News'.

"They are an incitement of international violence and what we have said in the past is that we will take legal advice, which the attorney-general is currently doing, on whether there is a profitable way forward here through the appropriate international legal mechanisms and will study that advice carefully." Rudd was commenting on a report in 'The Australian' newspaper that he had promised Australia's Jewish community last year to take action against Ahmadinejad.

"It's not just hyperbole from the bully pulpit of Tehran, it is the roll-on effect across the Islamic world, particularly those who listen to Iran for their guidance," Rudd said. Attorney-general Robert McClelland confirmed to The Australian that the government was seeking legal advice on the issue.
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