2005 Senate Resolution
In 2005, the U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to a resolution condemning Ahmadinejad’s "harmful, destructive, and anti-Semitic statements."
The Iranian government responded that "the Western media empire is trying to portray Iran as an anti-Semitic country". In addition, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that that "Jews are respected by everyone, by all human beings ... some people think if they accuse me of being anti-Jew they can solve the problem. No, I am not anti-Jew ... I respect them very much ... We love everyone in the world – Jews, Christians, Muslims, non-Muslims, non-Jews, non-Christians".
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