What is the holocaust issue about Iran?
I've never heard of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial
Iranian President Ahmadinejad
Main article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad frequently denies the Holocaust[101], although he has on occasion confirmed his belief in it.[102][103]
Holocaust denial is relatively new to the Middle East, as Kenneth Jacobson, assistant national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said in an interview with Haaretz: "Adopting the theories of Holocaust denial of Western scholars is a relatively new phenomenon in the Muslim world. The accepted attitude had been to say that whereas it was true the Holocaust had taken place, the Palestinians should not have to pay the price. A look at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements shows that he has mixed the two approaches."[104]
In a December 2005 speech, Ahmadinejad said that a legend was fabricated and had been promoted to protect Israel. He said,
They have fabricated a legend, under the name Massacre of the Jews, and they hold it higher than God himself, religion itself and the prophets themselves...If somebody in their country questions God, nobody says anything, but if somebody denies the myth of the massacre of Jews, the Zionist loudspeakers and the governments in the pay of Zionism will start to scream.[105]
The remarks immediately provoked a blaze of international controversy as well as swift condemnation from government officials in Israel, Europe, and the United States. All six political parties in the German parliament signed a joint resolution condemning this Holocaust denial.[106]
Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal described Ahmadinejad's comments as "courageous" and stated that "...Muslim people will defend Iran because it voices what they have in their hearts, in particular the Palestinian people."[107] In the United States, the Muslim Public Affairs Council condemned Ahmadinejad's remarks.[108]
On April 24, 2006, Ahmadinejad demanded a free evaluation of the real extent of the Holocaust "in order to find the ultimate truth."[109] In a May 30, 2006 interview with Der Spiegel, Ahmadinejad again questioned the Holocaust several times, insisting there were "two opinions" on it. When asked if the Holocaust was a myth, he responded "I will only accept something as truth if I am actually convinced of it".[110]
On December 11, 2006, the "International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust" opened to widespread condemnation.[111] The conference, called for by and held at the behest of Ahmadinejad,[112] was widely described as a "Holocaust denial conference" or a "meeting of Holocaust deniers",[113] though Iran insisted it was not a Holocaust denial conference.[114] A few months before it opened, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi stated: "The Holocaust is not a sacred issue that one can't touch. I have visited the Nazi camps in Eastern Europe. I think it is exaggerated."[115]