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From the Forward:<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s supreme leader released a video on his official website questioning the authenticity of the Holocaust on the same day the world observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n

The video titled \u201cAre the Dark Ages Over\u201d was uploaded to the website of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday. The nearly 3-minute video begins with images of killed and injured Palestinian children, and then turns to Israeli soldiers, Holocaust deniers and world leaders.<\/p>\n

The narrator, speaking in Farsi with English subtitles, says the Western powers, headed by America, are supporting Israel and Western claims that they are against terrorism are a lie.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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