In response to February 15, 2019 statements by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the Munich Security Conference accusing Iran of Nazi-like antisemitism,[1] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded, in a February 16, 2019 interview with the German daily Der Spiegel, that Iran was not antisemitic and that it had "always supported the Jews," that it was "against the Zionists" and that the "Holocaust was a disaster."[2]
Zarif's statements contradict the long-standing reality of antisemitic incitement in Iran by the Iranian regime, as shown by the following MEMRI reports and MEMRI TV clips from years past, that include antisemitic content and anti-Jew and Holocaust-denial statements by senior Iranian regime officials.
Antisemitism In Iran
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Special Dispatch No. 7758, At Antisemitic Conference In Tehran, Iranian Presidency Official Denies Holocaust: 'In Fact, We Do Show Antisemitic Behavior, And If We Are Not Doing Something Against The Jews, We Feel Bad – It Is Part Of Our Culture', November 12, 2018
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Special Dispatch No. 6759, Khamenei Associate Mehdi Taeb: 'The Jews... Are The Only Ones Who Need Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Order To Rule The World – Because There Are 1.4 Billion Muslims And None Of Them Agree To Jewish Supremacy', January 27, 2017
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Special Dispatch No. 6519, Antisemitism – A Rising Theme For Iran's 2016 Qods Day, July 11, 2016
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Special Dispatch No. 5288, Iranian Official: The Jews Use Sorcery Against Iran, April 28, 2013
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Inquiry and Analysis No. 922, The Image Of The Jew In The Eyes Of Iran's Islamic Regime – Part I: Theological Roots, January 25, 2013
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Inquiry and Analysis No. 944, The Image Of The Jew In The Eyes Of Iran's Islamic Regime – Part II: The Blood Libel And 'The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion, March 6, 2013
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Inquiry and Analysis No. 963, The Image Of The Jew In The Eyes Of Iran's Islamic Regime – Part III: Dehumanizing Jews In Cartoons Inspired By Classic European Antisemitism, May 1, 2013
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Special Dispatch No. 5204, Iranian Officials: The Jews Are Responsible For The Massacre Of Muslims In Myanmar, February 27, 2013
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Inquiry & Analysis No. 913, Antisemitic Iranian Articles On Connecticut Shooting: Victims, Shooter Were All Jews; Jewish Shooter's 'Mental Illness' Made Him Hate Others – Like Israeli Leaders Do, December 21, 2012
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Special Dispatch No. 4445, Antisemitic Statements, Publications by Iranian Regime, January 25, 2012
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Special Dispatch No. 897, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani: 'Fight The Jews And Vanquish Them So As To Hasten The Coming Of The Hidden Imam', April 22, 2005
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 972, Political Analysts On Iranian TV: The Jews Killed Children And Used Their Blood For Passover – On a December 20, 2005 current events program on Iran's Jaam-e Jam TV, Iranian political analyst Hasan Hanizadeh, who writes for Tehran Times and is close to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and commentator Dr. Ali-Reza Akbari maintained that the Jews murdered non-Jewish children and used their blood for Passover.
Holocaust Denial
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Special Dispatch No. 6412, Iranian Journalists: Foreign Minister Zarif Lied To U.S. Media When He Said Iranian Regime, Gov't Have No Connection To Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest, May 5, 2016
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Special Dispatch No. 6454, Tehran Presents The Winners Of Iran's 2016 Holocaust International Cartoon Contest, June 1, 2016
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Special Dispatch No. 6281, For International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Issues Holocaust Denial Video, January 27, 2016
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Special Dispatch No. 5948, IRGC-Affiliated News Agency: The Holocaust Lie Is Gradually Being Exposed; Those Who Claim It Happened Will Be Shamed, January 29, 2015
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Special Dispatch No. 5450, Criticism In Iran Of Foreign Minister Zarif Tweet Claiming Iran Never Denied The Holocaust, September 18, 2013
MEMRI TV Clips
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 6826 - Iranian Researcher Shams Al-Din Rahmani Denies The Holocaust, Says The Jews Control the Oil Industry – October 6, 2018
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 5503 - TV Report on Iran's Holocaust Cartoon Contest: Its Goal Is to Spotlight the "Holocaust" Perpetrated by Israel – May 31, 2016
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 3560 - Iranian Antisemitic Film "Saturday Hunter" Depicts Jews Massacring Arabs, Seeking God-Like Powers – August 17, 2012
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 3186 - Trailer of Newly-Released Antisemitic Iranian Feature Film in Which Jews Build War Machine to Take Over the World – November 8, 2011
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 3254 - Producer of Antisemitic Iranian Film "Saturday Hunter" Mohammad Qahremani: Arab Presence in Palestine Saves Us from Zionist Global Rule – November 20, 2011
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 2903 - Iranian Website Displays Antisemitic Cartoons about the Holocaust – August 1, 2010
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 2247 - Iranian President Ahmadinejad Denies the Holocaust and Warns Europeans of the Zionists: They Cling Like Ticks – September 18, 2009
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 2222 - "Rothschild Legacy" of Controlling the World in the Syrian-Produced Antisemitic TV Series "Al-Shatat" Aired by Iranian TV – August 30, 2009
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 1806 - Iranian TV Documentary Series Traces Zionist Themes in Western Movies: "American History X" – June 2, 2008
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 1412 - Antisemitic Musical "Comedy" on Iranian TV – March 23, 2007
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 1359 - Antisemitic Animated Film on Iranian TV – January 12, 2007
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 458 - Zahra's Blue Eyes - Episode 4: Zionists Prepare to Implant Zahra's Eyes in Theodor – January 3, 2007
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 508 - Zahra's Blue Eyes - Episode 7: Zahra Is Blinded, Rest of Characters Are Killed – January 24, 2005
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 491 - The Talmudic Court - Syrian-Produced Antisemitic TV Series Now on Iranian TV – January 16, 2005
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MEMRI TV Clip No. 88 - An Iranian Series about Jews and Hollywood Cinema – Steven Spielberg – May 24, 2004
