The chairman of Iran’s Jewish Council has strongly criticised the country’s hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for saying the Holocaust was a myth.
In a letter to the president, Haroun Yashayaei said the leader’s remarks had shocked the international community and caused fear in Iran’s Jewish community.
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ran’s small Jewish community of about 30,000 is recognised by the Islamic Republic and there is even a Jewish member of parliament.Iranian Jews normally do not interfere in political issues and they often support the country’s stance on the Arab-Israeli conflict.(bbc)