Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel said here at a gathering of Iranians residing in Moscow, "In our religion and country no one's status is above Almighty Allah and freedom of speech is observed so highly in Iran that anyone can express his idea based on reasons and logic." The Majlis Speaker added, "We do not shut anyone's mouth up due to such reasons and have always reminded this point to those foreigners that claim human rights are ignored in Iran."
He emphasized, "I myself teach Nitche's thoughts at the universities, and you know he denies the existence of God in his thoughts, but no one has ever criticized me on the case."
The usual test, Mr. Haddad, is not whether you can teach Nietzsche, but whether you can criticize the government.
The Islamic Majlis Speaker said, "That is our approach about freedom of speech, but the Zionists, the West and even the United States [d]o not even permit anyone to express a single sentence against their claims, including on the Holocaust during the World War II." Haddad Adel who was speaking in response to a question on "international effect of IRI president's recent remarks in Holy Mecca", added, "Mr. Ahmadinejad's comment included no new issue and the others have often expressed them."
You're right there, Mr. Haddad, holocaust denial from Iranian Islamists is nothing new.
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