Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday voiced doubts about the existence and scale of the Holocaust, questioning the West's "red lines" on freedom of expression. In Europe, "** one dares to speak of the Holocaust, the crux of which is **t clear if it is true, or if it were, how it was," Khamenei said in remarks broadcast live from the **rtheastern city of Mashhad. Khamenei, Iran's top decision-maker, has repeatedly called Nazi Germany's killing of six million Jews a "myth" and said the historical record has been distorted. Iran does **t recognise Israel, and its leaders have regularly called for it to be wiped off the map as mutual hostility has escalated over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
03-25-2014, 12:07 AM
Iran's Khamenei reiterates doubts about Holocaust
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday voiced doubts about the existence and scale of the Holocaust, questioning the West's "red lines" on freedom of expression. In Europe, "** one dares to speak of the Holocaust, the crux of which is **t clear if it is true, or if it were, how it was," Khamenei said in remarks broadcast live from the **rtheastern city of Mashhad. Khamenei, Iran's top decision-maker, has repeatedly called Nazi Germany's killing of six million Jews a "myth" and said the historical record has been distorted. Iran does **t recognise Israel, and its leaders have regularly called for it to be wiped off the map as mutual hostility has escalated over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
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