Iran To Host Holocaust Conference Later This Year
"It is going to be held in the month of Aban," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters Sunday, referring to the Iranian month which starts on October 23.
Asefi also said there was nothing wrong with the idea, saying that the delay in the timing of the event was because "in Aban the weather is cooler".
"We do not consider it harsh to host a conference that will historically, scientifically and analytically talk about an event".
Ahmadinejad, an ultra-conservative who came to power in a surprise victory last June, has provoked international condemnation with a number of anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish remarks. (Which happens when you get closer to the target)
They include labelling Israel a "tumour" and calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map" or moved as far away as Alaska. On the Holocaust, he has claimed it is merely a Western invention used to legitimise Israel.
In January, British Prime Minister Tony Blair described plans for the conference as "shocking, ridiculous, stupid", and advised Ahmadinejad to "come and see the evidence of the Holocaust himself in the countries of Europe". (Blair is an idiot)
But Iran responded by inviting Blair to take part in the conference and "defend the Holocaust" as an historical fact. (He will never show, fools never do.)