Criticism the Iranian Holocaust denial conference in Arab and Iranian media Print E-mail
Written by Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)   
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Following Tehran's recent Holocaust denial conference, Arab columnists condemned the conference's organizers and participants, calling them hate-mongers who spreadpropaganda and "criminals, enemies of freedom, and distorters of historical fact." The columnists challenged the claim that the conference was an academic research symposium, arguing that, from a moral point of view, it reflected a lack of human and cultural sensitivity, and that it could lead to conflict around the world.

They also disputed Iran's argument that the conference gave Western participants an opportunity to express their views freely, pointing to the lack of freedom of speech in Iran and to the link between the conference and Iran's threats to annihilate the state of Israel.

The news articles covering Iran’s International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust are as follows:

  • The Conference Was Not Academic; It Harmed Iran and the Muslims
  • The Conference Was Aimed at Spreading Hatred and Propaganda, and Defending Heinous Crimes
  • The Conference Reflects a Lack of Cultural and Human Sensitivity
  • Former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali: "The World Needs To Be Informed Again and Again About the Holocaust"
  • Baztab Editorial: Neither Khomeini nor Khamenei Ever Denied the Holocaust 

 

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