Iran Plans Holocaust Conference

CBS News:

Iran, whose president has declared the Holocaust a myth, announced Sunday it would hold a conference to examine the scientific evidence concerning Nazi Germany's massacre of the Jews. “It is a strange world. It is possible to discuss everything except the Holocaust. The Foreign Ministry plans to hold a conference on the scientific aspect of the issue to discuss and review its repercussions,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters.

Asefi did not disclose where or when the conference would be held nor would he say who would attend. READ MORE

Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said late last year that the Holocaust was a “myth” and called for Israel to be wiped from the face of the earth.

The remarks prompted a global outpouring of condemnation.

Earlier this month, the Association of Muslim Journalists, a hard-line group, proposed holding a similar conference.

But Asefi said that he was not aware of the association's wishes. He said the conference he announced was planned and supported by the ministry.

On Saturday, Ahmadinejad urged the West to be free-minded enough to allow a free international debate on the real aspects of the Holocaust.