Professor Robert Faurisson who attended the
recent Holocaust Conference in Iran is apparently the first of the
participants that could face legal punishment. French
Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy who recently warned the French
Parliament of a resurgence of revisionist theories announced that
Faurisson might be brought to court for the comments he made at the
"unacceptable" Tehran meeting.
Douste-Blazy told reports about France's ongoing
persecution of Faurisson including his being dragged into court and even
being banned practicing his profession, teaching at universities
for refusing to accept the politically "correct" version of the
Holocaust story. Faurisson has been convicted of violating France's
thought-crimes laws five times.
The conference was attended by 67 scholars from
30 countries and found "unacceptable" by the powers in Israel, Europe
and the United States. Tehran has been widely condemned for hosting the
conference.