Holocaust denier feted in Tehran

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Monday, 13 February 2012, 19:36

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greeting Robert Faurisson

Veteran French Holocaust Denier Robert Faurisson has been feted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the 2nd international conference on Hollywoodism and Cinema, held earlier this month in Terhan.

Faurisson is believed to have been one of up to 48 foreign visitors at the conference which claimed to prove that a US/Zionist agenda was being pursued by Hollywood films. Also in attendance were Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Hosseini, and his deputy in cinematic affairs, Javad Shamaghdari.

According to the Iranian Government TV channel, Press TV, the event discussed "five principle topics namely 'Narration in Hollywood,' 'Role of Cinema in the World Awakening,' 'The Role of Hollywoodism and Human Decadence,' 'Portrait of Future in Hollywood' and 'Hollywoodism and Zionism.'"

Also in attendance at the conference were Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, the French antisemitic “comedian” and supporters of Neturei Karta, an Orthodox Jewish anti-Israeli group.

Faurisson is one of the world’s most infamous Holocaust deniers. He gained notoriety in 1978 following the publication of an article in Le Monde entitled “Problem of the Gas-Chambers”. His forthright denial of the Holocaust and his claim that Anne Frank’s diary is a fake has earned him a level of infamy above and beyond that enjoyed by many other Holocaust deniers. He has appeared as a witness at the trials of Holocaust deniers like Ernst Zündel in Canada and Nick Griffin in Britain.

In 2006 Iran hosted a conference on the Holocaust, which was attended by many of the world's leading Holocaust deniers.