Justice official criticises Iran for Holocaust conference

The EU’s top justice official today condemned Iran for hosting a conference of Holocaust deniers, saying it constituted “an unacceptable affront” to victims of the Second World War genocide.

“I want to state my firm condemnation of any attempt to deny, trivialise or minimise the Shoah, war crimes and crimes against humanity,” EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini said in a statement.