Finally, Mahmoud enters the Zone

Here's the NY Times on the most ridiculous part of Mahmoud's speech at Columbia today:

In response to a question about the treatment of homosexuals in Iran, Mr. Ahmadinejad was initially evasive, instead talking about the death penalty, which, he pointed out, exists in the United States: “People who violate the laws by using guns, creating insecurity selling guns, distributing guns at a high level are sentenced to execution in Iran. Very few of these punishments are carried out in the public eye.”

Pressed by Dean Coatsworth on the original question about the rights of gay men and lesbians in Iran, Mr. Ahmadinejad said: “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that in our country.”

Simple as that eh Mahmoud? I'd daresay homosexuality is as Iranian as pistachio pie buddy. He went on to deny the existence of apples, closets, and the supposed internal organ known in the West as "the spleen".