Mistranslation of Ahmadinejad's Statement?

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country.

TODD: An Iranian official later told CNN Ahmadinejad meant to say Iran simply doesn't have as many homosexuals as there are in the United States. But gay rights activists from Iran say either way, it's virtually impossible to be openly gay there. People suspected of homosexuality, they say, are persecuted at work, sometimes forced to quit their jobs; expelled from schools. Their families are harassed. Even if they try to go underground ...