Major Iranian Newspaper Cosies up to Holocaust Denier

The Tehran Times, one of Iran's main newspapers, printed an interview today with Holocaust-denier Robert Faurisson entitled "Zionist power stems from West's belief in 'Holocaust' myth." In the interview, Faurisson speaks of "the sham of an alleged German project to exterminate the Jews, the alleged Nazi gas chambers and the alleged six million Jewish victims." Holocaust deniers are fortunately very much marginalized in the West, but they are regularly interviewed and referenced by the mainstream media in the Middle East. Muslim countries seem to have put on hold their 60-year, so far abysmally unsuccessful attempt to destroy Israel militarily. But Faurisson recommends another means of attack:

"Islamic countries need to destroy the Jews' and Zionists' veritable 'atomic weapon', that is, the appalling and gigantic imposture of the 'Holocaust' that up to now has been poisoning the Western world and is henceforth imposed on us by the UN in the entire world. In your public demonstrations and talks, repeat after the revisionists: 'The "Holocaust" is a lie'. Have the courage to proclaim this salutary truth."

Professor Faurisson clearly is not someone who hopes for better relations between Israel and the Arab world.