The holocaust resulted in the murder of six million Jewish people as well as the Sinti and Roma, the people with disabilities, and countless others, between 19, by Nazi Germany, in an attempt to implement their “final solution” to the Jewish question. After failing to do so in a statement the early days of his Administration, President Donald Trump emphatically declared never again, acknowledging the deaths of 6 million Jewish people. Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked every 27 January to commemorate the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. Iran has since refused to recognise Israel and has been a key ally of Palestinians who want their own country. An Islamic cleric, Ayatollah Khomeini, who took over the leadership of Iran was quoted as saying he wants Israel to disappear in order to liberate Jerusalem. The rift between Israel and Iran dates back to 1979 after an Iranian revolution sacked the Shah of Iran who was an Israeli ally. Israel, which supported the US decision to cancel the nuclear deal, is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and has never admitted to owning nuclear weapons even though it is believed to possess some. A deal Iran signed with world powers including the US and EU on its nuclear programme was unilaterally terminated by the US during the Donald Trump presidency. Iran has been under sanctions by global powers for its nuclear programme. Israel has repeatedly claimed that Iran seeks nuclear weapons for military purposes, an allegation the latter denies.
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