Iran's 'Moderate' New President on Whether Holocaust a Myth: 'I'm Not a Historian'

Weekly Standard ^ | Sep 19, 2013

[nuconvert]

In an UNAIRED portion of an interview with NBC correspondent Ann Curry, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani did not refute his predecessor's claim that the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany was a "myth."

"President [Mahmoud] Ahmadeinejad said that the Holocaust is a myth," said Curry, wearing a head scarf. "Do you agree?"

[nuconvert]

The video clip is hilarious. I don't know who's a better liar - Rouhani or Assad

[PATRIOT1876]

After somebody drops a pineapple on Iran and turns it into a sheet of glass, perhaps some politician 50 year in the future will say,”I can't say whether or not Iran was a real country, or whether we dropped a nuclear bomb on them, it could all be a myth. I'm not a historian.”

[onedoug]

Another stupid islamist.

[rlmorel]

To me, this speaks volumes about Islam.

The fact that he would answer the question in this way indicates a huge undercurrent that would cause problems if he simply answered “No. It is not a “myth”.”

[nuconvert]

Actually, it speaks volumes about how much he wants to stay alive & please his boss, Khamenei.

[TexasRepublic]

That new guy is just more of the same old Shi’ite. I don’t expect Iran to change.

[familyop]

Rouhani is a Shia cleric, and he’s more radical than Ahmadinejad was.