Outrage as Iran’s president calls Holocaust a ‘myth’

IRAN’S hardline president escalated his rhetoric against Israel yesterday, calling the Nazi Holocaust a “myth”, and drew a barrage of condemnations from Israel, the US and Europe, which warned he is hurting Iran’s position in crucial nuclear negotiations.

The White House said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments show why Iran must not develop nuclear weapons.

Germany, one of the countries leading the nuclear talks with Tehran, blasted the remarks as “shocking and unacceptable”.