Iran’s foreign minister sends Rosh Hashana greetings
Iran's foreign minister has confirmed he sent a message on Twitter wishing Jews a happy new year.Mohammad Javad Zarif told Tasnim news agency that he sent a tweet saying: "Happy Rosh Hashana".
Iranski ministar vanjskih poslova je potvrdio da je poslao vijest na "Twitter" poželivši Židovima sretnu Novu godinu. Mohammad Javad Zarif je rekao agmneciji vijesti da je poslao " Happy Rosh Hashana". Na diskusiji koja je slijedila na Twitteru on se distancirao od negiranja Holokausta od strane nekadašnjeg predsjednika Mahmouda Ahmadinejada. Nije jasno da li je novi predsjednik Hassan Rouhani također poslao čestitku. Službenici na Twitteru su negirali da on ima ikakav račun kod njih..
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Zarif’s tweet received a response from Christine Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the US House of Representatives, who said: "Thanks. The new year would be even sweeter if you would end Iran's Holocaust denial, sir".
He replied: "Iran never denied it. The man who was perceived to be denying it is now gone. Happy New Year."
"We have condemned the killing of Jews by Nazis as we condemn [the] killing and crackdown on Palestinians by Zionists," Mr Zarif told Tasnim.