The Islamic Republic News Agency, the Iranian regime’s media organ, has some choice reporting from the appalling conference of holocaust deniers the regime is hosting in Tehran this week: Secretary General of Int’l Congress to Support Palestinian Intifada Ali-Akbar Mohtashamipour emphasizing need for survey and research on Holocaust, said here Monday, “Results of surveys so far show Holocaust is no more than a myth.” Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the Foreign Ministry sponsored International Conference to Survey Holocaust: A Global Vision”, December 11-12, he added, “The Western and Zionist media have always been aggrandizing the dimensions of the [...]
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Kofi Annan’s farewell speech Monday at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., is being reported as a thinly veiled attack on President Bush and on recent U.S. foreign policy. The good thing about discrete news events such as speeches, however, is there is no need to rely on the reporting of others. We say: You be the judge.
World Politics Review International News Editor Guy Taylor appeared on PRI’s “To the Point” with Warren Olney Dec. 1 as part of the show’s “Reporter’s Notebook” feature. To listen to the segment, click here. The segment begins with about 15 minutes left in the hour-long show, so scroll rightward on the audio player to skip to the beginning of Guy’s interview with Warren Olney. Guy returned from Venezuela last week. Go here for links to some of the articles he filed while there.