This story doesn't seem to be getting as much play as it might during a slower news week:

'Israel must be wiped off the map'

"Iran's hard-line president has called for Israel to be 'wiped off the map' and said a new wave of Palestinian attacks would destroy the Jewish state, state-run media reported on Wednesday."

Granted, he's still relatively new in office, but it doesn't sound as if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interested in peace. This is straight from his web site:

Stressing that the West is against the principle of Islamic system, he noted that even once the nuclear issue is settled, they would bring up the human rights matter. Criticizing the West for their threat to refer Iran's nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over the past two years, the president said, "I told the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the SC is expected to restore the nations rights, rather than being manipulated by the world powers." Ahmadinejad pointed to the diplomatic steps currently being taken and said that Iran would proceed patiently and make full use of its national potential to this end.

It's possible this is just rhetoric, and the language of Iranian politics. But if one didn't know better, it would be easy to think he's angling for the Most-Dangerous-Tyrant-In-The-Middle-East title vacated by Saddam.