Prior to his departure to Switzerland where he will attend the conference, Ahmadinejad accused “the Zionists” of “controlling U.S. statesmen” [Persian .pdf, hot-tip Ali Alfoneh] and added:

The Zionist parties and Zionist thought constitute the vanguard of racist mentality… They [the Zionist] are controlling the entire financial and monetary sector and have forced the nations to remain in poverty while they [the Zionists] pocket the money and wealth of the nations.

Kudos to Obama for boycotting this farce.