Quote Originally Posted by Behrouz View Post
Thanks to our new president Rouhani this is not the case anymore. But we, as people of Iran, are still against using the Holocaust to justify the behaviour of Israel in the region. This has nothing to do with Yahoods and cannot be interpreted as anti–semitic. To understand our real stance toward issue of the Holocaust, it is worth reading this post.

Three questions about the Holocaust:

1) In the Second World War, over 60 million people (at least 50 million civilians) lost their lifes. They were all human beings. Why is it that only Yahoods have become so prominent and important?

2) If Holocaust happened, and if it is a historical evant, then we should allow everyone to research and study it. The more research and studies are done, the more we can become aware of the realities that happened. We still leave open to further studies absolute knowledge of science or math. Historical events are always subject to revisions, and reviews and studies… Why is it that those who ask questions are persecuted? Why is every word so sensitivity or such prohibition on further studies on the subject? Where as we can openly question Allah, the prophet, concepts such as freedom and democracy?

3) If this happened, where did it happen? Did the Palestinians have anything to do with it? Why should the Palestinians pay for it now? Five million displaced Palestinians is what Im talking about. Over 60 years of living under threat. Losing the lives of thousands of dear ones. And homes that are destroyed on a daily basis over people’s heads. You might argue that the Jews have the right to have a state. We’re not against that. But where? At a place where their people were — Not at the cost of displacing the Palestinian nation. And occupying the whole territory.




Let me remind you that Yahoods, like other minorities are living peacefully in Iran.They are protected in the Iranian constitution and a seat is reserved for a Yahood in our Majlis (Irans Parliament). Iran hosts the largest Jewish population of any Muslim-majority country. And it is home to the second-largest Yahood population in the Middle East.
There was a Holocaust but it was - and remains - irrelevant to Palestine.

Is this so difficult for Iran to accept?