December 17, 2020
Special Dispatch No. 9098
MEMRI To Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif: Your Claim That The Iranian Regime And Leaders Are Not Antisemitic And Do Not Seek To Annihilate Israel Is A Lie
December 17, 2020
In a December 9, 2020 interview with Arman TV, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif used an antisemitic term for Jews –
jahood in Persian.
To view the clip of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on MEMRI TV, click here or below.
A few days later, he attempted to cover up his statement with a dishonest attack on MEMRI. On December 16, he tweeted: MEMRI has sunk to a new low in taking my prejorative [sic] usage of a word to accuse me of Antisemitism.