Is the government of the United States responsible for the fact that there are racially hateful organizations in the United States?” Zarif asked. This weekend, Iran will stage its third cartoon exhibition about the Holocaust. “Why does the United States have the Ku Klux Klan? He added that the contest “discredits Iran and its people” and is an “affront” to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, which include some Iranians themselves. Last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attempted to distance the administration of President Hassan Rouhani from the contest.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2016 01:26 UTC