By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
One of Iran's vice presidents is retracting controversial remarks he made that Iranians were "friends" with Israel.
Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai made the retraction in a statement published Saturday in several Iranian newspapers.
Mashai says he follows Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said Friday that it was "illogical" for Iranians to be friends with Israelis.
Khamenei sought to end a controversy over Teheran's stance toward the Jewish state and end the controversy sparked by Mashai's remark. In mid-July, Mashai said Iranians were "friends of all people in the world - even Israelis."
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