Iranian President sends letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Germany said on Friday that the letter sent by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Chancellor Angela Merkel omitted to mention the issue of its nuclear program and that parts of the letter were unacceptable.
The letter contained some unacceptable statements that referred to Israel's right to exist and the Holocaust, German government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm told reporters during a regular briefing.

Speaking to reporters, Wilhelm said the letter did not mention anything about Iran's nuclear program or the crisis in the Middle East, he added.
"Instead, it contained a lot of wide-ranging remarks, including about Israel, its right to exist and the Holocaust, which we find completely unacceptable," the spokesman said.
"It is in no way acceptable to question these facts, as Chancellor Merkel has made clear," he said.

Ahmadinejad's letter was handed to the German charge d'affaires in Tehran by Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki.
Germany, together with other western countries, is pressing Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program for an offer of political and economic incentives.

Meanwhile, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Thursday that the country would continue with its nuclear activities.
The European Union trio - Germany, Britain and France - introduced a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council, urging Iran to suspend enrichment-related activities.