JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER TO BE BUILT IN TEHRAN. Not too many details, just this from Radio Free Europe:

Iran Starts Constructing Cultural Center For Jews

Iran's official news agency IRNA says the country has started construction of a new cultural and sports center in Tehran for its Jewish minority.

Officials say the project will cost $3.2 million and is due to be finished by 2010.

Iran's Housing and Urban Development Minister, Mohammad Saidi-Kia, said that in Iran religious minorities have freedoms guaranteed by the constitution.

Iran's president, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, has called the Holocaust massacre of millions of Jews during World War II is a "myth" and said that Israel should be "wiped off the map."

Of course a cultural center for Jews is not the same thing as a Jewish Cultural Center. If this is really all it seems cracked up to be, we should expect to be hearing from Ahmadinejad and friends any moment to be touting the wonderful work Iran does for its loyal citizens.

[Hat tip: Hot Air Headlines]

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