Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 16, 2005 Isakson Denounces Statement by Iranian President on Holocaust *Co-Sponsors Resolution Condemning Remarks* WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today released the following statement condemning remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the Holocaust. On Friday the Senate passed a resolution denouncing his harmful, destructive and anti-Semitic statements. Isakson was a co-sponsor of the resolution. “The statement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declaring the Holocaust a myth was outrageous and reprehensible. I will always stand for truth to be known and falsehood to be condemned, and I was proud to co-sponsor today’s resolution denouncing his remarks.” ###
E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724 Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339 Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 16, 2005

Isakson Denounces Statement by Iranian President on Holocaust
Co-Sponsors Resolution Condemning Remarks

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today released the following statement condemning remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the Holocaust. On Friday the Senate passed a resolution denouncing his harmful, destructive and anti-Semitic statements. Isakson was a co-sponsor of the resolution.

“The statement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declaring the Holocaust a myth was outrageous and reprehensible. I will always stand for truth to be known and falsehood to be condemned, and I was proud to co-sponsor today’s resolution denouncing his remarks.”

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E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724
Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768