[Marxism] Europe's leaders threaten sanctions [against Iran for Holocaust remarks]

["Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato Comunista" <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

I stand by my earlier comment: Iran's president is a fucking moron. He
would have made a very powerful argument if he left the Holocaust denial
out (or what some say was and was likely to be mistranslated as a
Holocaust denial). Of course, they wouldn't be covered at all if he had
done so.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/International/2005/12/17/1357181-sun.html
Europe's leaders threaten sanctions
Sat, December 17, 2005
By AP
                        

ATHENS -- European leaders threatened sanctions against Iran for its
president's remarks about Israel and the Holocaust, even as Iran's
interior minister said yesterday the widely condemned comments were
"misunderstood" by Western governments.

Leaders at a European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium, adopted a
statement condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent
comments describing the Holocaust as a "myth" and calling for Israel to
be "wiped off the map."

"These comments are wholly unacceptable and have no place in civilized
political debate," the statement said.

Just days before EU envoys resume talks with Iran on its nuclear
program, EU leaders warned Tehran of possible sanctions because of
recent "provocative political moves."

Iran Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said Ahmadinejad "wanted to
say that if others harmed the Jewish community and created problems for
the Jewish community, they have to pay the price themselves. People like
the Palestinian people or other nations should not pay the price (for it)."


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