Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday by comparing Zionists to Nazis in a new video posted on his official website. In the video, Israeli soldiers are seen standing next to Nazi soldiers and shooting at innocent Holocaust victims and a Palestinian family. This is followed by a montage of images featuring Palestinian victims of violence. The video goes on to question the veracity of the Holocaust, saying, "No one in European countries dares to speak about the Holocaust, while it is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not. Even if it is a reality, it is not clear how it happened. Speaking about Holocaust and expressing doubts about it is considered to be a great sin. If someone does this, they stop, arrest, imprison and sue him. This while they claim to be supporters of freedom. This is the ignorance that exists in today's world." The text accompanying the video on the Iranian spiritual leader's website, taken from remarks made by Khamenei himself in 1998, says, "The Zionists and the Nazis have a lot in common. Today there is a major contradiction in the way the U.S. and Europe behave. They decry Nazi racism against the Jews, but support the Zionists who are similar to the Nazis in many ways. The despicability of supporting the Zionists is no less than that of supporting Nazi Germany and Hitler. However, the materialistic civilization of America and Europe has no explanation for this major contradiction."
Credit: From Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's website
