BBC — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his country does not need nuclear weapons.

At a rare news conference in Tehran, Mr Ahmadinejad said they were needed only by people who “want to solve everything through the use of force”. | story

Perhaps he’s right, but this guy is also a Holocaust denier.

Update: And now he wants to hold a debate on the scale and consequences of the Holocaust.

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