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Report: Book on Holocaust 'fiction' issued in Iran
Student body publishes book of caricatures and satirical writings covering 'historic orientation on the Holocaust fiction and analyses of this historic distortion,' official Iranian news agency says
An Iranian publisher and student body has published a book of caricatures and satirical writings about the "fiction" of the Holocaust, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Friday.
The book, likely to draw fresh international outcry, has 52 caricatures plus satirical writings over 108 pages covering the "historic orientation on the Holocaust fiction and analyses of this historic distortion", IRNA reported.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused outrage in the West and Israel for saying in 2005 that the State of Israel should be wiped off the map and for a Tehran conference in 2006 that sought to cast doubt on the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis.
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It gave few further details but Iran staged an international competition and exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust in 2006. That contest was held in response to cartoons published in Denmark that were deemed anti-Islamic, officials had said.
"Sixty years after this (Holocaust), if anyone wants to ask a question about it, they will be suppressed through various psychological ploys no matter where they are in the world," Jabal-Ameli, president of the Science and Industry University, in Tehran was quoted as saying. IRNA did not give his full name.
The content of the book could not be immediately independently verified. Israeli officials had no immediate comment.
The new book was published by Martyr Shahbazi Publications and the Islamic student movement of the Science and Industry University, IRNA reported. The publication was announced to mark Qods Day, when Iran holds events in support of Palestinians.
'Zionist murderers'
President Shimon Peres called Ahmadinejad a danger and a disgrace this week at the United Nations, after the Iranian president blamed "Zionist murderers" for everything from the Wall Street crisis to Russia's invasion of Georgia in his address at the UN headquarters.
Peres, who has called Iran's nuclear program an "existential threat" to Israel, urged further UN action against Tehran, already under three rounds of UN sanctions.
Israel, believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal, and the West say Iran has a covert program to build nuclear weapons. Iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, denies this, saying it wants technology to generate electricity.
Ahmadinejad insists Iran is not a threat to anyone, even Israel, but has said Iran would strike back if anyone attacked the Islamic republic. The United States and Israel have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to end the row.
