Stormlover
06-11-2006, 02:00 AM
Iran team face mass protest
Ministers, Jewish campaigners and TV presenter to join demonstration before kick-off today against 'fascist' policies
Luke Harding in Berlin and Denis Campbell in Cologne
Sunday June 11, 2006
The Observer
Iran's Football team will be met with a series of protests across Germany during their World Cup campaign as anger mounts against the country's viciously anti-semitic President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Senior politicians, Jewish groups and a prominent German TV host will join a demonstration today in Nuremberg hours before Iran play their opening match of the tournament against Mexico in the city. They are furious that Ahmadinejad's deputy, Mohammad Aliabadi, has been allowed into the country after the Iranian President called the Holocaust 'a fairytale' and called for the destruction of Israel.
Ministers, Jewish campaigners and TV presenter to join demonstration before kick-off today against 'fascist' policies
Luke Harding in Berlin and Denis Campbell in Cologne
Sunday June 11, 2006
The Observer
Iran's Football team will be met with a series of protests across Germany during their World Cup campaign as anger mounts against the country's viciously anti-semitic President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Senior politicians, Jewish groups and a prominent German TV host will join a demonstration today in Nuremberg hours before Iran play their opening match of the tournament against Mexico in the city. They are furious that Ahmadinejad's deputy, Mohammad Aliabadi, has been allowed into the country after the Iranian President called the Holocaust 'a fairytale' and called for the destruction of Israel.