THE TELEGRAPH: The president of Iran was booed yesterday when he told an audience at one of America's leading universities that the Holocaust required "further research", amid noisy protests against the decision to grant him a platform.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also attracted mirth when claiming that Iran had no homosexuals. In response to a question about why gay men had been hanged for the sexuality, he said: "We don’t have homosexuals in our country like you have in the West. In Iran we do not have those people."
Addressing Columbia University in New York, which has a high proportion of Jewish students, he said of the Holocaust: "Why is there not sufficient research that can approach the topic from different perspectives? There are researchers who want to do that but they are put in prison." The president has on several occasions called for Israel's obliteration, while steering his country on course to build a nuclear weapon. President Ahmadinejad booed at US university (more) By Alex Spillius in New York
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YOUTUBE: There are no gays in Iran!
YOUTUBE: Gays don’t exist in Iran!
Take a look at these, Mr hmadinejad. They should disabuse you of your silly notions:
Mark Alexander
