Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday reiterated the
country's support for the Palestinians and condemned Israel's
"atrocities". Ahmadinejad voiced the support while addressing a
rally at the Tehran University to mark the International Qods
(Jerusalem) Day, which was initiated by the late Iranian leader
Ruholla Khomeini to show solidarity with the Palestinians.
"The Iranian people and other peoples will not give up until all
of Palestinian territories are liberated," Ahmadinejad told the
rally, adding "nations should be allowed to conduct research on
crimes of the Zionist regime and decode the black box for its
atrocities."
The Iranian president also questioned the scale of the Holocaust
and urged for a research of the issue. "You have turned what you
call Holocaust into a holy issue and do not let anybody raise any
question about it," Ahmadinejad said. "Why don't you let the black
box of the World War II be decoded?" As the president was
addressing the Tehran University rally, thousands of Iranians held
other rallies and took to the streets in central Tehran to mark the
Qods Day, chanting anti-Israeli slogans.
The demonstrators issued a resolution reiterating their support
for the Palestinians in their resistance against the Israeli
regime.
"We regard an end to the power and domination of the usurpers
and holding democratic elections in presence of all Palestinians
inside and outside of the occupied lands including Muslims,
Christians and Jews as the only way to put an end to the Middle
East crisis," the resolution said, quoted by the official IRNA news
agency.
"The International Qods Day, the day of vigilance of the Islamic
nation, is held under circumstances that hostilities and
complicated conspiracies of the arrogant system aimed at causing
strife and discord in the Islamic world have been increased," it
said.
The International Qods Day, an annual day of mass protest
marches in solidarity with the Palestinians, falls on the last
Friday of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan.
(Xinhua News Agency October 6, 2007)
