It is ironic indeed that in today's Persia, which we now call Iran, its current leaders follow in Haman's footsteps by expressing their own form of vicious anti-Semitism.
Katrina Lantos Swett: “It is ironic indeed that in today's Persia, which we now call Iran, its current leaders follow in Haman's footsteps by…”
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Lantos Swett compares Iran's leaders to Haman, highlighting their anti-Semitic rhetoric.
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