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Holocaust 'big deception'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again called the Holocaust a "big deception" in his latest denunciations of Israel and its allies.

The comments come amid a fierce election campaign in which his firebrand style has come under attack from challengers. Ahmadinejad's main pro-reform rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has said the president's constant questioning of the Holocaust has undermined Iran's international standing.