In his Nowruz speech on Friday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei questioned whether the Holocaust happened.

Iran’s top leader questioned whether the Holocaust ever occurred in a speech on Friday marking the country’s New Year.

In a speech on the occasion of Nowruz, Iran’s New Year, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called into question whether the Holocaust in Europe had ever occurred. According to Khamenei’s official Twitter account, during the speech the Supreme Leader of Iran said the “Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and if it has happened, it’s uncertain how it has happened.”

#Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and if it has happened, it’s uncertain how it has happened.

Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) March 21, 2014

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Source: Zachary Keck, in The Diplomat