Washington - US Condemns Iranian Leader's Comments On Holocaust

Washington - Comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressing doubt about the Holocaust, are appalling and reprehensible, the State Department said.

Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying: "Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces ... Although we don't accept this claim."

"These latest remarks ... are clearly appalling and reprehensible. They certainly don't inspire hope among any of us in the international community that the government of Iran is prepared to engage as a responsible member of that community," deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said.