Iran\\\'s Khamenei reiterates doubts about Holocaust

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday voiced doubts about the existence and scale of the Holocaust, questioning the West's "red lines" on freedom of expression. In Europe, "no one dares to speak of the Holocaust, the crux of which is not clear if it is true, or if it were, how it was," Khamenei said in remarks broadcast live from the northeastern city of Mashhad. Khamenei, Iran's top decision-maker, has repeatedly called Nazi Germany's killing of six million Jews a "myth" and said the historical record has been distorted. Iran does not recognise Israel, and its leaders have regularly called for it to be wiped off the map as mutual hostility has escalated over Tehran's nuclear programme, according to AFP.