Ahmadinejad: Israel leading cause of racism
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| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to reporters in Tehran before his departure for Geneva to attend a UN anti-racism summit. |
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:31:59 GMT
Iran lambastes Zionist Israelis for sowing the seeds of racism, which has led to a leap in heinous hate crimes committed throughout the world.
"Wars, aggression, unfair political and economic relations, terror and occupation are the outcomes of racist theology -- the frontrunner of which is Israel," Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters in Tehran on Sunday ahead of his departure for Geneva where he plans to take part in a UN anti-racism summit.
The president described Zionism as a clear manifestation of racism and said that "Zionists seek to take control of the world's political and media centers in order to loot and belittle nations."
The scheduled attendance of Ahmadinejad at the UN-backed "Durban II" conference and his planned talks with Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz has sparked fury in Tel Aviv, which views the Iranian chief executive as "a holocaust denier."
Israeli officials, in recent weeks, have stepped up efforts to persuade European countries to follow in the footsteps of Canada, Israel, Italy, Australia and the United States, and boycott the meeting.
The US, which had initially announced that it would take part in the conference, revealed it final stance on Saturday. "With regret, the United States will not join the review conference," said State Department spokesman Robert Wood, citing objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration
"Wars, aggression, unfair political and economic relations, terror and occupation are the outcomes of racist theology -- the frontrunner of which is Israel," Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters in Tehran on Sunday ahead of his departure for Geneva where he plans to take part in a UN anti-racism summit.
The president described Zionism as a clear manifestation of racism and said that "Zionists seek to take control of the world's political and media centers in order to loot and belittle nations."
The scheduled attendance of Ahmadinejad at the UN-backed "Durban II" conference and his planned talks with Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz has sparked fury in Tel Aviv, which views the Iranian chief executive as "a holocaust denier."
Israeli officials, in recent weeks, have stepped up efforts to persuade European countries to follow in the footsteps of Canada, Israel, Italy, Australia and the United States, and boycott the meeting.
The US, which had initially announced that it would take part in the conference, revealed it final stance on Saturday. "With regret, the United States will not join the review conference," said State Department spokesman Robert Wood, citing objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration
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