Iran president says Holocaust “pretext” to form Israel
— Reuters: “Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday the Holocaust was a ‘lie’ and a pretext to create a Jewish state that Iranians had a religious duty to confront.”
— Reuters reports on Ahmadinejad comments on Holocaust: “The pretext (Holocaust) for the creation of the Zionist regime (Israel) is false … It is a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim”
— Reports that “he told worshippers at Tehran University at the end of an annual anti-Israel ‘Qods (Jerusalem) Day’ rally”
— AP: “Ahmadinejad slams Israel”
— AP reports: “Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel and the West saying Friday the Holocaust was a lie”
— Ahmadinejad denies Holocaust, two top reformists attacked