Between this and the fact that Ahmadinejad never said Israel should be wiped off the map[1], I'm beginning to think MSM reports about Iran can't be trusted.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Israel#...
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Israel#...
EDIT: that was a reply to the apologetic section of the article the OP linked to. Reading further you get a link to Iran's president website [1] which contains plainer words by Ahmadinejad .