Munich - Iran poses a threat to Israel as well as to democratic states in the West, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany warned on Friday.

The dimension of threat posed to Jews and the entire free world was being underestimated, Charlotte Knobloch said at a reception marking the Jewish New Year's festival Rosh Hashanah.

"Atom bombs in the hands of the rulers in Tehran pose a threat to all democratic states," she said, referring to Iran's controversial nuclear programme.

Tehran - In a move to questions the historic dimensions of the Holocaust, Iran has published a cartoon book on the massacre of Jews during World War II, state television reported Friday.

The book is titled Holocaust and contains satirical cartoons and texts aimed at questioning the Holocaust and how the issue was misused by Israelis.

The book was presented to mark the so-called "Quds Day" and state-organized anti-Israel rallies held on Friday throughout Iran.

London - Israel considered bombing Iran's nuclear sites but US President George W Bush refused to give his support, a newspaper reported Friday.

Tehran - Thousands are expected Friday at Iran's annual nationwide anti-Israeli demonstrations with the standard slogans "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" to be echoing throughout the country.

The late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan to be the "Quds Day," intended to be a day to call for the liberation of Jerusalem from Israeli occupation.

After Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, or Quds in Arabic, is the holiest place for Muslims.

New York, Sept 25 : In the wake of the fresh spate of suicide attacks in Pakistan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan needed a ‘negotiated settlement’ and not a “military action”.

He said that as the British and Soviet forces failed to resolve the Afghan crisis, the US-led NATO troops could also not do any better in Pakistan.

Vienna - The European Union and the United States said Wednesday they were ready to start comprehensive talks with Iran on its nuclear programme, but also indicated their support for new measures should Tehran continue to defy the UN Security Council.

Many IAEA members are concerned about Iran's refusal to answer lingering questions over past research that could have been related to the development of nuclear weapons.

"We have to react," French Ambassador Francois-Xavier Deniau told the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. France holds the rotating EU presidency.