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Ahmadinejad calls Holocaust a "myth" amid protests

2009-09-19 10:13 BJT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses a crowd gathered at Tehran University at the end of the annual anti-Israel "Quds (Jerusalem) Day" rally in Tehran, capital of Iran, Sept. 18, 2009. Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the Holocaust was a "myth" created by the West to support Israel.(Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses a crowd gathered at 
Tehran University at the end of the annual anti-Israel "Quds (Jerusalem)
Day" rally in Tehran, capital of Iran, Sept. 18, 2009. Ahmadinejad said
on Friday that the Holocaust was a "myth" created by the West to support
Israel.(Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)

Opposition rally against Quds Day in Iran

In Iran, thousands of opposition supporters have held protests in the capital Tehran. They were in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark Quds Day. It is the annual anti-Israel commemoration that reflects the nation's sympathy with the Palestinian people. >>