Canadian Apology For Erroneous Story On Iran

The Post, quoting Iranian expatriates living in Canada, reported the law would require "Iran's roughly 25,000 Jews ... to sew a yellow strip of cloth on the front of their clothes, while Christians would wear red badges and Zoroastrians would be forced to wear blue cloth." The report brought immediate criticism from the United States, which is locked in a standoff with Iran over its nuclear programme. The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, a Jewish human rights group, was compelled to send a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asking him to look into the matter. "Full article:link" http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=5/28/2006§ion_id=4&newsid=25937&spcl=no [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on May 30, 2006]

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