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WATCH: Katie Couric confronts Ahmadinejad with Holocaust photos
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Tags: Katie Couric, Israel news 
Mishne to cbs anchorwoman iran president

Hours before addressing the United Nations on Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave an exclusive interview to CBS's Katie Couric. During the course of the interview, the CBS anchorwoman accused the Iranian leader of denying the Holocaust, and showing him photographs of dead bodies of Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II.

"You have called [the Holocaust] a lie," Katie confronted Ahmadinejad. "And I'm just curious, I have some photos - dead bodies from a German concentration camp taken by the Associated Press. Mr. President, is this photo fabricated? Is this photo a lie?" she asked.

Ahmadinejad was quick to reply "there are many historical events, similar historical events. Why is this one in particular so important to you?"
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"Because you're denying it happened," Couric retorted.

Ahmadinejad replied that "in World War II, 60 million people were killed. Why are we just focusing on this special group alone?"

"We're sorry for all the 60 million people that lost their lives, equally. All of them were human beings. And it doesn't matter whether they were Christians or Jews or Buddhists or Muslims. They were killed. So, we're sorry for everyone," Ahmadinejad said.



Couric also questioned Iran's president over his country's nuclear program, asking him why he continued to refute claims that Iran has the know-how required to build a nuclear bomb. Ahmadinejad referred Couric's curiosity toward the countries "that have 10,000 nuclear warheads. Don't you believe that those are the ones that need to be inspected, instead of the countries that don't have them?"

The interview went on to touch on Ahmadinejad's controversial presidential victory in June, which sparked protests by supporters of his rival, reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, who argued that the elections were fraudulent. Couric asked the Iranian leader about a woman, Neda, whose death during the violent protests was recorded on a cell phone camera and spread around the world.

Ahmadinejad said that he regretted the deaths of citizens, but again diverted the discussion by showing Couric a picture of an Egyptian woman who was brutally murdered inside a German courtroom while participating in a trial over her right to wear a hijab (head covering). He then argued that the western media focused on Neda and ignored the Egyptian woman.

For the full interview:




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  1.   US media quiet the show.... 06:27  |  jc 25/09/09
  2.   We Need To Decide If This Dialogue Is Even Worth It... 06:38  |  Yosemite 25/09/09
  3.   The man is insane and delusional 07:14  |  judith 25/09/09
  4.   How much media attention did Egyptians dedicate... 07:27  |  Mike 25/09/09
  5.   Equally sorry? About deaths he denies? 07:54  |  Brad 25/09/09
  6.   woman murdered in germany 09:26  |  Tim 25/09/09
  7.   He`s definitely better looking than Bibi 09:27  |  gg 25/09/09
  8.   Tim of Hamburg 09:44  |  sh 25/09/09
  9.   clown 09:45  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 25/09/09
  10.   Holocaust Photos 11:57  |  JordanisPalestine 25/09/09
  11.   bravo haaretz 12:16  |  dani.a 25/09/09
  12.   Why are jews special? 12:35  |  Malka L 25/09/09
  13.   # Malka .. wow a hebrew name "Qeen" 18:36  |  Josef 25/09/09
  14.   ahmedinejad 18:43  |  zkt83 25/09/09
  15.   to Malka 19:23  |  Dan 25/09/09
  16.   Jews are not special to Ahmadinejah 19:25  |  Lola 25/09/09
  17.   for dani a (11) 19:53  |  jackie 25/09/09
  18.   RE: why are jews special 20:43  |  David 25/09/09
  19.   Malka 23:27  |  Darren 25/09/09
  20.   #12 Malka L. - What makes Jews special 18:11  |  *BEN JABO 26/09/09
  21.   The problem is 1 to 5 million Iranians were killed in war Iraq 19:40  |  Karoon 27/09/09
  22.   His Obvious Disdain for Women 04:29  |  DC 02/10/09
  23.   Iran 10:39  |  Ariel 05/10/09
  24.   egyptian woman 12:50  |  bronstein 06/10/09
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