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Iranian President's comments on Holocaust enrage West
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks before Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, September 18, 2009, to marke the Qods Day.
Western officials have reacted strongly to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's September 18 comments about the Holocaust.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier all attacked President Ahmadinejad for his speech.
Gibbs condemned the comments, calling them "baseless, ignorant and hateful," and claimed that they would only isolate Iran further.
Miliband took even one-step further, calling Ahmadinejad's remarks an “abhorrent as well as ignorant” outburst “not worthy of the leader of Iran.”
"Iran's people have a great history and culture. I cannot believe that the vast majority of them want to rewrite this chapter of history rather than focus on the future.
"The coincidence of today's comments with the start of Jewish New Year only adds to the insult."
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier took the insults to their limits by targeting Ahmadinejad himself and calling him "a disgrace.”
Gibbs condemned the comments, calling them "baseless, ignorant and hateful," and claimed that they would only isolate Iran further.
Miliband took even one-step further, calling Ahmadinejad's remarks an “abhorrent as well as ignorant” outburst “not worthy of the leader of Iran.”
"Iran's people have a great history and culture. I cannot believe that the vast majority of them want to rewrite this chapter of history rather than focus on the future.
"The coincidence of today's comments with the start of Jewish New Year only adds to the insult."
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier took the insults to their limits by targeting Ahmadinejad himself and calling him "a disgrace.”
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