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| German F.M. summons Iran envoy over Holocaust remarks |
| 2005-12-10 |
| The German Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had summoned Iran's ambassador to protest against suggestions by Iran's president that the Holocaust might not have happened and that Israel should be moved to Europe. Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger said at a government news conference the decision to deliver a formal protest to Iran's envoy in Berlin was meant to show that Berlin was taking the president's comments very seriously. The remarks by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a news conference in the Saudia Arabian city of Mecca, follow his call in October for Israel to be "wiped off the map", which sparked widespread international condemnation. German Jewish leaders called for political sanctions against the Islamic republic over Ahmadinejad's remarks. Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 summoned Iran's ambassador to protest If Germany seriously objected to such statements they would recall their ambassador from Tehran for consultations. This is just posturing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-12-10 21:20 |