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Iranian envoy says Iran playing key role in regional equations

Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi :

Highlighting stance of Iran at Istanbul conference, he said Iran has adopted crystal clear and supportive stands in dealing with Iraq's neighbors but the latest proposal to save Iraq from current situation demonstrates Iran's significant role in regional equations.

Iran's stands at Istanbul conference focused on administration of Iraq's internal affairs by the Baghdad government, withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, forging the country's national unity and solidarity, postponement of referendum on future of Kirkuk and campaign against terrorism, he said.

Iran also called on neighboring states to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction, play an active role in restoring security to the war-stricken country, reopen their embassies and help rehabilitate Iraqi army.

In the conference, Iran's humanitarian aid and assistance were outlined for the audience, Qomi pointed out.

"We are now trying to liberate Iranian diplomats kidnapped by US troops in Iraq," Qomi underlined.

The Iraqi president who is pursuing the case is very optimistic about settlement of the issue and release of the Iranian diplomats as soon as possible, he said.

Reliable resources declare that the kidnapped Iranian diplomats might be freed on Friday.

No discord among Iranian officials on nuclear issue

Iran says there is no discord among high-ranking Iranian officials over the country’s nuclear issue.

Iran’s approach to the nuclear issue is based on specific directives, and the framework of the activities is according to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, therefore there is no disagreement between the Iranian officials, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told the London-based newspaper. As an active signatory to the NPT, Iran has been very cooperative with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and all official reports, from the beginning of the activities until now, have proved this fact, he added. He also noted that Iran believes the Persian Gulf should be a safe and peaceful place for all the littoral countries.

Iran will study any offer guaranteeing its nuclear rights

Iran will consider all proposals that will guarantee its nuclear rights, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Monday.

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s offer, which was made two years ago, on the establishment of a nuclear consortium still exists, Hosseini told reporters in reference to a similar offer by Saudi foreign minister to set up a consortium to provide enriched uranium for Iran, Persian Gulf Cooperation Council members, and other Middle East countries. Region can not tolerate more crises Hosseini shrugged off the foreign media propaganda about a possible U.S. attack against Iran, adding, “The region is not ready to tolerate a new crisis and the United States is not able to carry out such a thing.” keep reading

Ahmadinejad: Iran's N. Progress Irrevocable

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined here on Wednesday that his country may not retreat along the nuclear path.

"The nuclear progress of the Iranian nation is irrevocable," Ahmadinejad told a fervent crowd in the city of Birjand on the first leg of his visit to Southern Khorassan province. keep reading

Iran's Power to Strike US Interests

Lieutenant commander of Iran's Armed Forces warned Washington against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that his country holds sufficient information, data and possibilities to strike US interests

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is not seeking to create tension in the region…while it has organized its defensive preparedness and capabilities in such a way that it is capable of pushing enemy into withdrawal," General Masoud Jazayeri said. keep reading

West opposes legal investigation of Iran nuclear dossier: expert

The U.S. and some European countries are by no means willing the Iranian nuclear dossier to be investigated through a “legal channel”, international expert Davud Hermidas Bavand said here on Saturday.

Political directors from 5+1 group (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) met in London on Friday to discuss new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. However, China and Russia objected calls for a new set of sanctions on Iran.

The 5+1 group would push for a third UN Security Council resolution unless the forthcoming reports from European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and the head of UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei showed ""a positive outcome"". keep reading

Enemy Troops Escape after Iran's Warning

Commander of the Iranian army :

Units of alien troops deployed at Iran's borders with one of its neighboring countries abandoned their position in a great hurry after they received a warning from Iranian forces.

"Several alien troops were stationed in a wrong position by mistake and after they received a warning from the army they left the area in a great hurry and in such a manner that it looked like an escape., noting that the incident happened while he was inspecting a border region on Sunday.

The General did not mention the name of the neighboring country or nationality of the troops, but he seemed to be pointing to the US or British troops deployed at Iran-Iraq borders as he used the word "alien" - an adjective normally used by Iranian officials to describe trans-regional foes, the US to be precise. source

Ahmadinejad: Iranians prepared to safeguard their faith, virtues

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad :
Iranian nation are well-prepared to safeguard their faith and virtues, which are the key to their prosperity.

Addressing huge gathering of people at the mass funeral ceremony of 65 martyrs of the eight-year Sacred Defense here on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad said Iranian nation should remain loyal to the lofty ideals and goals of martyrs.

President Ahmadinejad said faith and spirituality are the key to chastity of mankind in today's world.

Iran Decides Next US President

In classical strategy, there are nine specific strategic situations in classical strategy. Each of them demands a very specific response. In the ultimate situation, called the do-or-die situation, the only response is to fight with everything you have. This brings us to the problem of Iran.


click to solve the puzzle
Is preventing a nuclear Iran a do-or-die situation? I think most independent Americans recognize that it is. This creates a serious political problem for both parties. If Bush takes any visible action before the end of his term (and sooner is always better in terms of strategy), the war with Iran becomes Bush’s war, like Iraq, and the Republicans lose the next election. However, if Bush refuses to act, the Democrats are forced to take a position on Iran, and, with their large anti-war base, are put in a no-win situation, where they have to choose between subtantial percentage of their base or the majority of independents. This is why both Hillary and Armadinejad would like to goad Bush into taking action before the next election. Interesting situation, isn’t it? source

Anniversary of 'Students Day' honored

Islamic Associations of Independent Students, Basij members studying in universities and the office to consolidate unity marked anniversary of 'the Students Day'.

They issued a five-point statement at the end of the rally.

"Almost three decades after victory of the Islamic Revolution and passing through crises and struggle with hostile approach of the enemies in both software and hardware areas, the revolutionary awakening has dealt a blow to the western liberal democracy.

"The Islamic Revolution took place in the East during the 20th century, an era referred to as the end of morality, ethics and religion. It served the beginning of the revolutionary and religious teachings whose message was campaign against bullying and
war-mongering powers," the statement said.

It said that November 4, 1978 served as a turning point of the Islamic Revolution culminated in February 11, 1979 and it was symbol of solidarity, wisdom, insight and campaign against tyranny.

"The scandal of Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Qana, Holocaust and Palestine are stains in the face of so-called western humanism which has ignored rights of nations in the past half century. What feature in the western world is the superiority of wealth and power to control the nations and plunder their wealth." The statement said that the Islamic Revolution and the tenets of late Imam Khomeini are flourishing in an era which is thirsty for morality, ethics and religion and the growing conversion to Islam of the Europeans and Americans indicates how the people embrace Islam

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Iranian nation firm to gain its nuclear rights

Iran Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said here Sunday that the great Iranian nation is determined to gain its nuclear rights through perseverance despite the opposition of the US and its allies.

Addressing a ceremony marking the Aban 13 (November 4) takeover of former US embassy in Tehran, Pourmohammadi said :

Americans had in the nuclear case piled up high pressure on Iran so as to bring it to its knees.

when the US and its allies realized that they cannot push another resolution against Iran through the UN Security Council, they started to take the illegal and political action of issuing unilateral sanctions against Iran over its peaceful nuclear program.

Iranians are confident that such sanctions would not be the least effective.

Iranian nation has shown in practice that is capable of withstanding sanctions. Officials, however, should try to take necessary arrangements and plans so as to prevent any halt in the country's development.

US Seeks Control over Mideast Oil under Pretext of Al-Qaeda

An Iranian MP said that the Untied States sought to dominate the Middle-East and its oil reserves under the pretext of campaign against terrorism, al-Qaeda and Bin Laden in particular.

"The Untied States has deployed its military troops in 8 different countries in the region in a bid to control oil reserves and secure free flow of oil

Once it was known that the world oil reserves are mainly located in the Middle-East, the United States launched efforts to dominate the region as it found out that controlling oil reserves would mean controlling the world's affairs

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Attacking Iran Is A Really, Really Bad Idea

If you think through the consequences of attacking Iran preemptively, the risk-reward ratio seems most unfavorable.
The best-case upside is that Iran is disarmed permanently, and everyone shrugs their shoulders and accepts it. What are the chances, really, that will happen?
The worst-case downside is appallingly bad. It could rally the Iranian population behind that mullahs - a population that right now is very unhappy with their leadership, and somewhat pro-American. That would all be swept away, and even worse, it could rally the majority Sunni muslims behind the minority Shi'ites in Iran in a way no other event possibly could. It would be the polarization of the West versus Islam that Osama bin Laden has long been seeking. It could end the disunity in the Muslim world that thus far has worked to the West's advantage. keep reading

Ahmadinejad Blasts Powers' Misuse of Media

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said bullying powers make an instrumental use of the world media in a bid to humiliate other nations and cultures and to channel world relations into their own interests through distorting realities. keep reading

Iran is bad ,Pakistan is good

There’s some really interesting commentary over on Reddit about the discrepancy between how USA treat Iran and how USA treat Pakistan. Here are some of the quotes that highlight the issue:

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  Pakistan has a military dictator who came to power in a coup, Iran has a democratically elected President.


• Pakistan has nuclear weapons, Iran may be acquiring the “knowledge” of nuclear, but according to El Baradei (UN’s nuclear inspector) there is no evidence of nuclear bombs.


• Pakistan supported the Taliban and currently harbors Bin Laden, Iran was openly hostile to the Taliban.


• America supports Pakistan and wants to bomb Iran “back to the stone age. WTF?


• The leader of Pakistan is the president and the leader of Iran is not.


• Iran has oil. Pakistan doesn’t.


• Iran does not do what the USA tells it to do. Pakistan does.

So what’s the reason for USA treating these two countries differently? Is it purely because of the puppet dynamic or is Iran really more dangerous than Pakistan?
Should USA be more concerned about Pakistan (and their existing nuclear weapons) falling into the hands of radical Muslims than of Iran getting some in the future? Isn’t that a major concern if Musharraf were to lose power?

Thoughts?

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Rafsanjani Highlights Iran's Military Achievements

Iranian Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Iran has reached self-sufficiency in manufacturing military tools, equipment and weapons, adding that the Islamic Republic's success in manufacturing hi-tech weapons has surprised enemies.

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Iran warns U.S. of "quagmire" if attacked

Iran warned the United States on Wednesday it would find itself in a “quagmire deeper than Iraq” if it attacked the Islamic state, and Russia stepped up efforts for a diplomatic solution to Tehran’s nuclear row with the West.

The warning by the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, a target of new U.S. sanctions announced last week, added to angry rhetoric between the two old foes that has prompted speculation of possible U.S. military action.

U.S. President George W. Bush this month suggested a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War Three but the White House said on Tuesday it remained determined to resolve the stand-off peacefully. keep reading.....

Attacking Iran for Israel?

With 200-300 nuclear weapons in their arsenal, Israelis enjoy a nuclear monopoly in the Middle East. They mean to keep it that way, and they want the U.S. to help.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is at her mushroom-cloud hyperbolic best, and this time Iran is the target. Her claim last week that "the policies of Iran constitute perhaps the single greatest challenge to American security interests in the Middle East and around the world" is simply too much of a stretch.

To gauge someone's reliability, one depends largely on prior experience. Sadly, Rice's credibility suffers in comparison with Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Basing his judgment on the findings of IAEA inspectors in Iran, ElBaradei reports that there is no evidence of an active nuclear weapons program there.

If this sounds familiar, it is in fact déjà vu. ElBaradei said the same thing about Iraq before it was attacked. But three days before the invasion, American nuclear expert Dick Cheney told NBC's Tim Russert, "I think Mr. ElBaradei is, frankly, wrong." keep reading.....

Bush Regime Targets Iran After 9/11

by Larry Everest

October 31, 2007

For over 100 years, the domination of Iran has been deeply woven into the fabric of global imperialism, enforced through covert intrigues, economic bullying, military assaults, and invasions. This history provides the backdrop for U.S. hostility toward Iran today--including the real threat of war. Part 8 of this series examines why the Bush administration targeted Iran after 9/11, how the invasion of Iraq has backfired on them in many ways, and why this has increased their felt need to confront the Islamic Republic.

• Iran, 9/11 and the "War on Terror" .........
• After Iraq, Debating Iran........
• The Fateful Decisions of May 2003.......

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