Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks...

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during Friday prayers in Tehran in this September 19, 2008 file photo.

Iran's top authority said on Wednesday President Barack Obama was pursuing the same 'wrong path' as George W. Bush in supporting Israel and described the Jewish state as a 'cancerous tumor.'

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