The following are excerpts from a news report on an exhibition of Holocaust
cartoons in Tehran, which aired on the Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on
August 17, 2006.

*Clip # 1240 - Exhibition of Holocaust Cartoons Opens in Iran

Reporter: As the war in South Lebanon comes to an end, the Holocaust cartoon
exhibition is held. It is attended by artists from 61 countries all over the
world. The exhibition, held at the Museum of Palestine Contemporary Art,
presents 204 works of art. The Holocaust issue, the international circles'
ignoring of the truth, and the injustice inflicted upon the Palestinian
people are the main topics dealt with by the artists.

[...]

Mas'oud Shoja'i, exhibition curator: We have received 1,193 works from 61
countries. This proves that people throughout the world, and cartoonists in
particular, know how to distinguish between the oppressor and the oppressed.

Reporter: In the time that elapsed between the announcement and the opening
of the exhibition, Zionist circles severely attacked the Holocaust
exhibition website twice. The exhibition's management received thousands of
threatening e-mails and offers of money to prevent the exhibition, but to no
avail. Nothing could prevent the exhibition. [...] The participation of
renowned cartoonists, such as the Australian Louis Pelder [sic], Carlos
Latuff from Brazil, and Ekton [sic] from Turkey, shows that the presentation
of the Holocaust issue has been very significant and effective. [...]
Holocaust - the collective burning of people alive - was mentioned twice in
the course of history. The first was in Yemen, in the time between the
prophecies of Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad. Back then, many Christians
were burned alive, at the king's decree, because they refused to renounce
Christianity and become Jews. After World War II, claims about a holocaust
were raised for the second time in
history. This was nothing but a myth - a myth about the killing of six
million Jews. Elham Gouran, IRINN.

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