Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the Nazi Holocaust should not be closed off to academic inquiry just as scientific fields continue to merit research.
Addressing a Colombia University forum, Ahmadinejad did not call the Holocaust a "myth," as he did in the past, but he instead argued that the Palestinians were paying the price for other people's crimes.
In response to one question, Ahmadinejad denied he was questioning the existence of the Holocaust.
"Granted this happened, what does it have to do with the Palestinian people?" he said.
"Why is it that Palestinians should pay a price -- innocent Palestinians - for five million people to remain displaced and refugees abroad for 60 years? Is this not a crime?" he asked.
In a public speech in December 2005, Ahmadinejad described the Holocaust as a "myth" and said that Israelis should be moved to Europe, the United States or Canada.
The United Nations and many world leaders have condemned his remarks about the Holocaust.
Source: Xinhua
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