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Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/22/africa/OUKWD-UK-UN-ASSEMBLY-IRAN-PROTEST.php
Wiesel Urges UN to Indict Iranian President
[Reuters-International Herald Tribune] Claudia Parsons - Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel urged the UN on Monday to indict Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for inciting genocide rather than allow him to speak at the UN General Assembly. Wiesel spoke to thousands of people at a rally to urge world leaders to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is a threat to world peace and he should not be here in New York. His place is in...a United Nations prison cell," Wiesel said. "He's not Hitler, nobody is Hitler, but he wishes to follow in Hitler's footsteps and that makes him an arch criminal."