(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink - Iran's vice president Mohammad-Reza Rahimi delivered a baldly anti-Semitic speech on Tuesday at an international anti-drug conference in Tehran, saying that the Talmud, a central text of Judaism, was responsible for the spread of illegal drugs around the world. European diplomats in attendance expressed shock. Even Iranian participants privately wondered at their government's motive for allowing such a speech. Antonio De Leo, the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes representative, praised Iran as a "key strategic partner in the fight against drugs." Rahimi, who spoke after De Leo, told stories of gynecologists' killing black babies on the orders of the Zionists and claimed that the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 was started by Jews, adding that mysteriously no Jews died in that uprising. He also said the Talmud teaches Jews to think they are a superior race. "They think God has created the world so that all other nations can serve them," he said. A European diplomat said afterward: "This was definitely one of the worst speeches I have heard in my life. My gut reaction was: why are we supporting any cooperation with these people?"
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