Iranian students protest Holocaust denial conference Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 12 December 2006

A group of Tehran students burned images of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as groups of Holocaust deniers, Ku Klux Klansmen and anti-Semitic fanatics gathered to "revise" what the Iranian president describes as "the myth" of the Holocaust.

One student spoke of the "shame" the president has brought upon Iran by inviting "Nazis and racists from around the world”

The protest, held by 60 students as the president addressed an assembly at Tehran's Amir Kabir university, appear to be related to the Holocaust conference he is hosting. The students were also protesting against increased levels of repression since Ahmadinejad came to power last year. They have been the first signs of open dissent the regime has tolerated.

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