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Russian ambassador to clarify Tehran's position after Israel comments

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AMMAN/MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's ambassador to Iran has been instructed to seek clarification of Tehran's position after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel should be "wiped off the map," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

"We are trying to clarify the position of the Iranian side," the minister said.

He said Moscow would announce its position after it gets all the necessary explanations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry told the Iranian ambassador that Moscow was deeply concerned about Ahmadinejad's statement, which would not help resolve the Iranian nuclear problem.

"We expect Tehran to realize the danger of confrontational approaches and to display political foresight and pragmatism," the ministry said. "Propagandist rhetoric is contraindicative in such an explosive region as the Middle East."

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