EU condemns Ahmadinejad’s comments on Holocaust

September 23rd, 2009 Canada to boycott Ahmadinejad's UN speechTORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada's seat at the United Nations will be empty during a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad because Ahmadinejad's comments about denying the Holocaust are repugnant, disgraceful and unacceptable. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to address to the UN in New York on Wednesday.

September 22nd, 2009 AP interview: Iranian backs off Holocaust denialNEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is muting his remarks on the Holocaust, an event he has frequently questioned as a matter of historical fact. In an Associated Press interview shortly after arriving in the United States, the Iranian leader did not repeat those outright denials.

September 20th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Following the US and UK deploring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 'Holocaust- a myth' remark, Russia too has called his statement "totally unacceptable." The Jerusalem Post quoted Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko as saying that "such statements, wherever they come from, contradict the truth and are totally unacceptable." "Attempts to rewrite history, especially as the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II is being marked this year, are an offense to the memory of all victims and all those who fought fascism," Nesterenko added. On Friday, Ahmadinejad had told a rally in Tehran that the Holocaust was "a false pretext to create Israel." He also called on all Muslims to confront the "Zionist regime [as] a national and religious duty." US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice had termed Ahmadinejad's comments as "hateful." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was quoted as saying: "Obviously we condemn what he said." British Foreign Secretary David Miliband also criticized Ahmadinejad's 'myth' remark.

September 19th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia Saturday criticised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his latest Holocaust denial, saying such statements were totally unacceptable and those don't contribute to the establishment of an effective international dialogue with the Islamic nation. In a televised address to the nation Friday, the Iranian leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, questioned the events of the Holocaust and called for investigations into it.

September 19th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The United States and Britain have both condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent "hateful" speech in which he had said the Holocaust was "a false pretext to create Israel." The Jerusalem Post quoted White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, as saying: "Obviously we condemn what he said." British Foreign Secretary David Miliband also criticized Ahmadinejad's 'myth' remark. In a statement communicated by the UK Embassy in Israel, Miliband said: "Ahmadinejad's repeated denials of the Holocaust are abhorrent as well as ignorant.

July 9th, 2009 G-8 condemns North Korea's nuclear testL'AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders have condemned "in the strongest terms" North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launches. A G-8 statement Wednesday says North Korea's actions "pose a danger to peace and stability in the region and beyond." North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, and ballistic missile launches in April and again just days before the summit.

June 13th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israeli Vice premier Shilvat Shalom Saturday stressed the Iranian nuclear "threat" following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in Iran's presidential election. "The United States and the free world must reevaluate the policy on Teheran's nuclear ambitions," Shalom told Israel Radio.

June 13th, 2009 Iran opposition candidate condemns election fraudTEHRAN, Iran — The main Iranian opposition candidate has issued a strong condemnation of what he describes as "violations" in the Iranian presidential election. Mir Hossein Mousavi said on his Web site Saturday that he won't "surrender to this manipulation" and warned that certain officials' conduct in the election is "shaking the pillars" of the country's political system.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The guard who was shot at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum here Wednesday died from his wounds, museum officials said. The guard was identified as Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, who worked for the museum for six years.

June 3rd, 2009 Reformist rival: Ahmadinejad 'downgraded' IranTEHRAN, Iran — The main pro-reform candidate in next week's presidential elections accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday of undercutting Iran's international standing by questioning the Holocaust. In a nationally televised debate, Mir Hossen Mousavi said Iran has been "downgraded" in the eyes of world by President Ahmadinejad's firebrand style and statements.

June 3rd, 2009 Iran's president: Holocaust still 'big deception'TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday once again called the Holocaust a "big deception" in his latest denunciations of Israel and its allies. The comments come amid a fierce election campaign in which his firebrand style, including regular denunciations of Israel and the West, has come under attack from his challengers.

May 30th, 2009 US condemns bombing of Iranian mosqueWASHINGTON — The United States condemned an attack on a mosque in southeastern Iran that killed 25 people. Iran had blamed Israel and the U.S.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments against Israel at a conference Monday were 'unacceptable' and would only serve to fuel racial hatred, the US State Department said. 'Unfortunately, we've heard all of this before from President Ahmadinejad.

February 14th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Pope Benedict XVI will pay an official visit to Israel in May this year, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Sunday. 'The entire Israeli government welcomes the visit,' Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev said.

February 14th, 2009 TEHRAN - The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, has distanced himself from previous remarks made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said that the Holocaust was 'not of Iran's business', the Etemad Melli newspaper reported Sunday. Since his presidency began in August 2005, Ahmadinejad has publicly doubted the historic dimensions of the Holocaust and hoped for eradication of Israel from the Middle East - causing widespread international condemnation.