Iran’s Top Ayatollah Denies the Holocaust on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

28 Jan 2016
History

From the Forward:

Iran’s supreme leader released a video on his official website questioning the authenticity of the Holocaust on the same day the world observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The video titled “Are the Dark Ages Over” was uploaded to the website of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday. The nearly 3-minute video begins with images of killed and injured Palestinian children, and then turns to Israeli soldiers, Holocaust deniers and world leaders.

The narrator, speaking in Farsi with English subtitles, says the Western powers, headed by America, are supporting Israel and Western claims that they are against terrorism are a lie.

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