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U.S. Holocaust Museum: Iranian Authorities Back Holocaust Cartoon Event
(JTA) The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum challenged a claim by the Iranian foreign minister that Iranian government authorities had nothing to do with a Holocaust cartoon contest. Javad Zarif last week told the New Yorker that his government "does not support, nor does it organize, any cartoon festival of the nature that you're talking about." The museum said Friday, "The organizations associated with the contest are sponsored or supported by government entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Tehran Municipality, and the Ministry of Islamic Guidance....Previous contests in 2006 and 2015 have had the endorsement and support of government officials and agencies" and "there are reports in the Iranian press that the Ministry of Culture is asserting its support for the upcoming contest."