Iran the news again...................

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Imagine the outcry, if we passed a law mandating the death penalty for converts to Islam!!

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Imagine the outcry, if we passed a law mandating the death penalty for converts to Islam!!

    

UM?  -  However, this is worthy of serious thought!

NOPE!  Our GOD doesn't need us to force someone to accept HIM! After all, HE loved us enough to die for us! Our GOD will only accept FAITH - not FORCE!

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Iran readies to fend off “enemy assaults” on capital       PDF        Print        E-mail
Friday, 10 October 2008

Iran Focus

ImageTehran, Iran, Oct. 10 – Radical Islamist militiamen affiliated to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are staging military exercises in the suburbs of Tehran on Friday to defend the Iranian capital against "natural disasters" and "enemy assaults".

Members of the paramilitary Bassij took part in Friday morning’s military drills under the command of the Tharallah Garrison in Tehran.  Similar war games will be held in Karaj, Islamshahr, Shahre Rey, Rabat Karim, and Varamin, said the acting deputy commandant of the IRGC, Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi, who also commands the Tharallah Garrison.

The manoeuvres will last for 48 hours.

Meanwhile another senior Bassij leader on Friday announced that the paramilitary force was giving "specialised training" to its units across Iran.

"These units are receiving specialised air, sea and ground training to be prepared for defending the country, the ruling establishment, and the revolution", said Brigadier General Ahmad Zolqadr on the sidelines of a military parade in Zanjan, north-west Iran. Zolqadr is the operational commander of the Bassij.

Zolqadr’s brother, Mohammad-Baqer, was once the IRGC deputy commandant and later a Deputy Interior Minister.

Iran readies to fend off “enemy assaults” on capital
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OK................ I get the part about their concern about enemy assaults. But how exactly do they expect to fend off natural disasters They need to be praying to the One True God, and not that impostor allah/satan, for starters.

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Brother, things like this make me wonder who ImANutJob thinks he is. He definitely has illusions of grandeur, but we don't know how far that goes. I don't know if they have 911 in their Iranian telephone system, but they will need one soon.

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Jews, Christians Working to Indict Ahmadinejad
Friday, October 17, 2008

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – A number of prominent American Christians are joining forces with Jewish efforts to indict Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on charges of incitement to genocide, Jews and Christians said in Jerusalem on Thursday.
 
Ahmadinejad has called Israel a “fake regime” that “must be wiped off the map.” He has called the murder of six million Jews during World War II a “myth.” In September he said that Israel was “on a definite slope to collapse” and there was no way out of the “cesspool” it had created for itself. He recently he called the Jewish State a “stinking corpse.”
 
His comments, coupled with Iran’s aggressive civilian nuclear program, which the West believes is a cover up for obtaining nuclear weapons, has prompted the grassroots effort to indict the Iranian leader. Several rounds of international sanctions have not stopped Iran’s enrichment of uranium, which can be used to make a nuclear bomb.
 
“It is disturbing to see the inactivity of the international community in reacting appropriately to the alarming threat that grows day by day,” said Malcolm Hedding, executive director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. 
 
Hedding compared the comments of Ahmadinejad to those of former German dictator Adolf Hitler, who used “similar words” and “caused the destruction of the Jewish people.” At the time, there were those who rushed to meet with him and appease him, even declaring “peace in our time,” Hedding told journalists here.
 
“There has to be a grassroots movement that sends a message to politicians and leaders in Europe that there are millions of people who are demanding action on this issue [Iran],” said Hedding.
 
During the United Nations General Assembly session in September, the ICEJ delivered a petition to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, signed by more than 55,000 Christians from more than 120 countries, demanding the indictment of Ahmadinejad for incitement to genocide against Israel.
 
Since then a number of prominent American Christians have joined the effort, including Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson, former U.S. presidential hopeful Gary Bauer and Catholic League President Bill Donohue.
 
“The nation of Israel is experiencing the most maximum danger since its founding. Without question the fanatical extremists in Tehran have made clear their intention to annihilate Israel,” Robertson said in a statement. “Idle threats have so far proved fruitless. The time to act is now.”
 
“This is a moment of great testing for all free men and women around the world,” said Bauer, president of American Values. “Silence and inaction are unacceptable. He must be brought to justice, and he must be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons.”
 
Prevent genocide
 
The effort to indict Ahmadinejad was launched about two years ago by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. It has been endorsed by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, and Malcolm Hoenlein of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations – an umbrella organization that includes many large Jewish groups.
 
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community established the “Convention to Prevent and Punish the Crime of Genocide,” said Dr. Dore Gold, president of the JCPA and former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations.
 
It is intended not only to try those who have committed genocide but to prevent genocide before it happens. The sign that genocide is intended is the incitement that precedes it, Gold told journalists in Jerusalem on Thursday. The convention describes incitement to genocide as a punishable act, he added.
 
According to Gold, experts involved in the international tribunal for the Rwanda genocide say that Ahmadinejad’s statements are tantamount to incitement to genocide.
 
“It’s not a political judgment as part of an Israeli struggle, it’s actually a legal determination made by experts,” Gold said.
 
Excuses
 
Gold said that there have been two disturbing developments in recent weeks: A decision by Australia to withdraw its support for indicting Ahmadinejad as well as the decision of several Christian groups to host a dinner for Ahmadinejad when he was in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.
 
Australia decided against taking Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice in favor of tougher sanctions against its nuclear program.
 
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said while the government found Ahamdinejad’s anti-Semitic comments appalling, it believes legal action could draw attention away from addressing Iran’s nuclear program.
 
Gold admitted that the Australian decision was a blow to the efforts and said he did not buy Australia’s reasoning.
 
“The Iranian nuclear program deals with Iranian capabilities, while the efforts to indict Iranians on incitement to genocide has to do with Iranian intentions. They’re separate matters. [It was] indeed a setback,” said Gold.
 
Gold said there are many excuses that countries could give not to pursue the indictment Ahmadinejad, including international economics, fear of Iranian reprisals in the form of terror attacks, and greed. Therefore, the issue must be raised as a moral one. The only way to do so is at a grassroots level, he said.
 
Gold said that many people were shocked at the “horrible dinner” sponsored by the Christian groups (among them the American Friends Service Committee, Mennonite Central Committee, Quaker UN Office and the World Council of Churches). But the decision of other Christian groups to protest the Iranian president was the best answer to that dinner.
 
“This voice coming out of Jerusalem is the true voice of Christianity,” Gold said.
 
Attorney and ICEJ spokesman David Parsons said that either the U.N. itself or a member state that has signed the statute creating the International Criminal Court in The Hague can make a referral to bring an indictment against Ahmadinejad under the 1951 convention.
 
The U.S. is not a signatory to that treaty because it was afraid of “too many frivolous and retaliatory prosecutions” against its political and military leaders, Parsons said.
 
The U.S. House of Representatives last year unanimously passed a resolution to indict Ahmadinejad. But Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has refused to bring that resolution to a vote in the Senate, saying he did not want to give President Bush an excuse to attack Iran, said Parsons.
 
Canada and Australia are among the signatories to the ICC statute that could initiate a formal investigation, but they are looking for the U.S. to take the lead, said Parsons.
 
Incitement to genocide is called an “inchoate crime,” said Parsons, meaning that no genocide has to occur before the perpetrator is found guilty of the crime, which has now been defined as a “crime against humanity.”
 
Parsons likened it to the crime of conspiracy to commit murder, where the conspiracy itself is a crime, whether or not the murder ever takes place.
 
Parsons said that the breadth of Christian-Jewish cooperation on the indictment issue was unprecedented. He said that even if Ahmadinejad is not actually physically brought to The Hague, the idea that the world will hold him accountable for what he says sends a “strong message.”

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Iran denied Security Council seat

Iranian bid to secure non-permanent Security Council seat denied by huge majority; Japan wins Asian seat with 158 votes, compared to Iran's 32. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni lauds UN's decision

Associated Press
Published:    10.17.08, 19:48 / Israel News

Iran and Iceland failed Friday to win non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security council.

Austria and Turkey beat Iceland in the battle for the two non-permanent European seats on the 15-member council in voting at a meeting of the UN General Assembly while Iran lost out to Japan for the council's Asian seat.

The other two seats went to Mexico, which will represent Latin America, and Uganda, which will represent Africa; both ran unopposed.

Kadima Chairman Tzipi Livni lauded the decision, congratulated Japan for being elected, and added that "Iran's very candidacy was unthinkable."

Livni added that the UN averted disgrace by preventing Iran from joining the Security Council, stressing that international activity vis-à-vis Iran and the threat it represents "must continue at all levels and with greater force."
 
Iran receives 32 votes

General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann said after the balloting that Austria received 133 votes, Turkey 151 votes, Japan 158 votes, Uganda 181 votes and Mexico 185.

Iran received only 32 votes from the U.N. members, Iceland, which had been considered by many to be a strong candidate until the recent economic crisis, received only 87 votes.

The five new non-permanent members of the council will serve two-year terms.

Ten of the council's 15 seats are filled by the regional groups for two-year stretches. The other five are occupied by its veto-wielding permanent members: Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

The five countries elected to the Council will take their seats on Jan. 1, 2009, replacing Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama and South Africa. The five countries elected last year - Libya, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica and Croatia - will remain on the Council until Jan. 1, 2010.

Iran denied Security Council seat

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Iran enters next stage of aerial drill
October 19, 2008

The Iranian air force has launched the second stage of a large scale aerial maneuver to test its fighters' gunnery and bombing tactics.

""F-14, F-4, F-5, Sukhoi-24, and Saegheh fighters displayed their offensive capabilities in tactical operations, which involved shooting at preset targets,"" spokesman for the maneuver, air force pilot, Brigadier Hossein Chitforoush said on Saturday morning.

""Gunnery competitions between air force fighters and air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles are conducted on a yearly basis with the aim of raising the quality of our young pilots' flight capabilities and testing smart bombs made by our domestic experts,"" he added.

Domestically-manufactured drones, photo reconnaissance aircraft, and electronic surveillance planes were also tested during the first stage of the exercise, which was carried out throughout the country on Thursday and Friday.

Interceptor aircraft and bombers of the Islamic Republic Air Force also participated in the first two days of the aerial drill.

The Iranian maneuver, one of many conducted in the past few months, comes amid growing speculations about a possible Israeli attack against the country.

In mid-July, Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz repeated pervious threats against Iran and said Israel must be ready to take military action against the country over its nuclear program.

""All options are on the table. If there won't be a choice other than a nuclear Iran or a military option, it's clear what our decision has to be,"" he said.

Tel Aviv claims Tehran's nuclear program poses a threat to its security. This is while Iran's activities have been inspected more than any other program by the UN nuclear watchdog and nothing has been found to justify Israeli concerns.

Unlike Tehran, Tel Aviv is Middle East's sole nuclear warhead holder and one in only four regimes in the world not to have signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

In June, over 100 Israeli F-16s and F-15s took part in an aerial maneuver over the Eastern Mediterranean. According to Pentagon officials, the exercise was a rehearsal for a potential bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities.

Since then, the U.S. Defense Department has been installing a powerful radar system for Israel in the Negev Desert, although the U.S. administration has apparently not given its approval for a strike against Iran.

The Pentagon has also agreed to equip the regime with the Guided Bomb Unit-39 (GBU-39), 'bunker-buster' bombs, which has been developed to penetrate fortified facilities located deep underground - such as Iran's nuclear facilities.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military has also begun its own measures to prepare for an attack on Iran.

Already equipped with the Arrow and Patriot missile systems, Tel Aviv has now started developing the Iron Dome and Magic Wand systems to respectively shoot down short-range and longer-range rockets.

Meanwhile, it has not abandoned political efforts to impede Iran's defensive capabilities.

Early in October, the then Israeli premier Ehud Olmert embarked on an unsuccessful trip to Russia hoping to dissuade Moscow from entering into a deal to sell Iran the S-300 missile defense system, which could create serious difficulties for Tel Aviv in event of an attack against Iran.

Iran enters next stage of aerial drill

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Hmmmmmm, Interesting time to practice. The Iranians must be anticipating a Obama victory. Because Obama, as I expect will not be as supportive of Israel as George Bush,

Iran is:

A. planning an attack on Israel, who, Obama will not defend.... or
B. planning a defense against Israel, who just might strike while Bush is in office.

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Assyrians’ central office officially transferred to Iran
Tehran Times Political Desk
October 16, 2008

TEHRAN -- Central office of the International Union of Assyrians has been officially transferred from the United States to Iran.

Members of the Assyrian Society in Tehran and the representatives of the union in the United States attended an official ceremony arranged in this regard on Tuesday night.

A number of Iranian lawmakers participated in the ceremony.

The 25th congress of the International Union of Assyrians was held in Sweden from September 3 to 7, where Iranian MP Yonatan Bet Kolia, was appointed as the secretary general of the union for a three-year term.

The problems facing the society, especially the issue of Assyrian immigrants, were among the issues discussed at the congress.

Bet Kolia, who represents Iranian Assyrians and Chaldeans in the Majlis, formerly served as the International Union of Assyrians deputy secretary general and director of the Asian branch of the union.

The United States has hosted the union for more than four decades.

Assyrians’ central office officially transferred to Iran

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Iran promises no mercy against aggressor
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:53:06 GMT

Any decision to attack Iran would be an 'irreversible error' unforgivable until the fall of the enemy, says a senior Iranian commander.

"Mistake can be rectified but the launch of an invasion of Iran would be an irreversible error that we will respond to until their collapse," said top Iranian Army commander, Major General Ataollah Salehi.

"Being a bully with powerful equipment and many offshoots does not signify superiority. The greatest weakness of the enemy is its large size and powerful appearance," he added in his interview with Iran's official military journal.

His remarks come as Israel is intensifying war preparations and lobbying world powers for anti-Iran sanctions as well as the receipt of aggressive weapons.

According to a late September report by The Guardian, Tel Aviv had long been dead serious about launching airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities but failed to receive the green light from President George W. Bush in May.

Pentagon officials revealed in mid June, however, that Israeli warplanes had taken to the skies in the first week of June in what was later cited to be a 'dress rehearsal' for an attack on Iran.

The Israeli Air Force employed over a hundred F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, tactical bombers in the maneuver held 900 miles west of Israel off the southern Mediterranean island of Crete, roughly covering the distance from Israeli airfields to an Iranian uranium enrichment facility in Natanz.

The US then revealed that it would equip Israel with advanced weapons, including a powerful missile radar system.

In September, the US Defense Department also agreed to equip Tel Aviv with the Guided Bomb Unit-39 (GBU-39), a form of 'bunker-buster' bomb, designed to penetrate fortified constructions deep underground - such as Iran's nuclear facilities.

Tel Aviv and its staunch ally, the US, have also vocally threatened to attack Iran, claiming that Tehran's nuclear program poses an existential threat to Israel.

While the UN nuclear watchdog has found no evidence in support of the nuclear allegations against Tehran, Non-Proliferation Treaty signatory Iran continues to cooperate with world powers to clarify the nature of its nuclear program.

"Enemy threats considering their military power are serious, but we also possess military power," declared the Iranian commander regarding recent threats.

Iran promises no mercy against aggressor 

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Senior Iranian Official Recommends that Iran Mark London as a Target – In Order to Deter Bush from Attacking Iran in Last Months of Presidency

In an October 18, 2008 article on the Iranian website Aftab, Wahid Karimi, director of the Europe and U.S. department in Iran's Foreign Ministry, recommends that Iran mark London as a target, since it is the capital of the country that is the U.S.'s closest ally in Europe. This, says Karimi, would be with the aim of ensuring that the Bush administration does not attack Iran in its final weeks, after the U.S. presidential election next month and before Bush officially leaves office on January 20, 2009.

Following are the main points of Karimi's article:

Karimi: "The Most Appropriate Means of Deterrence that Iran Has, in Addition to a Retaliatory Operation in the [Gulf] Region, Is to Take Action against London"

"... It is clear to everyone that George Bush will remain the official president of the United States until January 20, 2009. U.S. presidents are usually adventuresome in their second terms... [among them Richard] Nixon, disgraced by the Watergate scandal; [Ronald] Reagan, with the Irangate adventure; [and Bill] Clinton, with Monica Lewinsky - and perhaps George Bush, the sitting president, will create a scandal connected to Iran's legitimate nuclear activity so as not to be left behind.

"In the past, Iran has marked as a target the U.S. military bases in the Arab countries in the Persian Gulf, so as to deter American adventurism. Shortly after that, it gave the requisite warnings regarding [a possible Iranian move to] paralyze 'the Jerusalem-occupying regime [i.e. Israel],' so as to deter American adventurism...

"Although a U.S. military attack on Iran's nuclear installations is not likely... the last two months of Bush's presidency, from late November 2008 to January 20, 2009, will be the worst possible days of his presidency [for Iran, and during them he can] exploit his power to carry out political adventurism and a ill-conceived operation. If so, how can we restrain him?

"It is possible that after the next president of the United States is determined in November - that is, [either John] McCain or [Barack] Obama - Bush and the president-elect will reach an agreement about an ill-conceived operation against Iran.

"In the worst-case scenario, George Bush may perhaps persuade the president-elect to carry out an ill-conceived operation against Iran, prior to January 20, 2009 - that is, before the regime is handed over and he ends his presence in the White House. The next president of the U.S. will have to deal with the consequences...

"If we agree that such a scenario - with America, England and Israel at its center - is conceivable, then it would seem that the most appropriate means of deterrence that Iran has, in addition to a retaliatory operation in the [Gulf] region, is to take action against London. Experience proves that the [part played] by politicians in Tel Aviv and in London, in the [fanning of the] flames against Iran and in the urging of America to strike Iran, is no less than [the part played] by Bush."

Senior Iranian Official Recommends that Iran Mark London as a Target

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ImaNutjob inaugurates Phases 6, 7, 8 of South Pars gas field
Tehran, Oct 21, IRNA

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Assalouyeh, Bushehr province, on Tuesday that inauguration of Phases six, seven and eight of South Pars gas field is the last nail in coffin of enemies of the Iranian nation.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of SP Phases six, seven and eight, President Ahmadinejad said, "Those thinking that they can impede movement of a great nation by imposing financial restrictions, see today that to their dismay, different industrial, farming and scientific sectors in Iran are making great progress." Thanking Iranian experts involved in the project, President Ahmadinejad congratulated the Iranian nation on such a great honor.

He said 56 percent of the project has been carried out by Iranian technicians and with Iranian resources, which is another source of honor.

He added that government is ready to provide oil industry projects with financial support.

ImaNutjob inaugurates Phases 6, 7, 8 of South Pars gas field
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It seems we hear on thing and then another, whether iran has or it has not, developing or not, I tend to believe the big boaster, too bad he doesn't put his big nuclear toe in his mouth, maybe Israel will do it for him one day.

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ImaNutjob urges European states to broaden ties with Tehran
Tehran, Oct 19, IRNA

Iran-Belgium-Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the world in now experiencing a rapid change and advised European countries and Belgium in particular to make use of such suitable circumstance to broaden ties with Tehran.

According to the Presidential Office, President Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with new Belgium Ambassador to Tehran Philip Cullen.

At the meeting the new ambassador submitted his credentials to President Ahmadinejad.

Highlighting the deep-rooted ties between the two nations, he said, "We are willing to witness establishment of friendly ties with all nations, mainly between Iran and Belgium."
The era of unilateralism, bullying and hegemony of some powers has come to end and grounds have been created for expansion of friendly ties between all nations, said the Iranian president.

He added, "In the new situation, nations and governments can better broaden relations through collective cooperation."

In the past 60 years, Americans imposed the costs of their actions on the Europeans but they took sole advantage of all its benefits, he said adding that the era is now over and there are good grounds for European countries to use this opportunity in the best manner.

Iran and European countries, Belgium in particular, have very good historical ties and they should coexist in peace to bolster all out ties to meet the interests of their nations, he pointed out.

The new Belgium ambassador, for his part, said he would spare no efforts to broaden ties between the two countries during his tenure adding that the two counties have always had good ties.

Ahmadinejad urges European states to broaden ties with Tehran

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Breaking: Iran Officials Recommend Preemptive Strike Against Israel

Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London. The official, Dr. Seyed G. Safavi, said recent threats by Israeli authorities strengthened this position, but that as of yet, a preemptive strike has not been integrated into Iranian policy. Safavi is head of the Research Institute of Strategic Studies in Tehran, and an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The institute is directly affiliated with Khamenei’s office and with the Revolutionary Guards, and advises both on foreign policy issues.

Safavi is also the brother of Yahya Rahim Safavi, who was the head of the Revolutionary Guards until a year ago and now is an adviser to Khamenei, and holds significant influence on security matters in the Iranian government. An Israeli political official said senior Jerusalem officials were shown Safavi’s remarks, which are considered highly sensitive. The source said the briefing in London dealt with a number of issues, primarily a potential Israeli attack on an Iranian reactor. Safavi said a small, experienced group of officials is lobbying for a preemptive strike against Israel. “The recent Israeli declarations and harsh rhetoric on a strike against Iran put ammunition in these individuals’ hands,” he said. Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz said in June that Israel would be forced to strike the Iranian nuclear reactor if Tehran continues to pursue its uranium enrichment program. Safavi said Tehran recently drafted a new policy for responding to an Israeli or American attack on its nuclear facilities.

While the previous policy called for attacks against Israel and American interests in the Middle East and beyond, the new policy is to target Israel alone. He added that many Revolutionary Guard leaders want to respond to a U.S. attack on Iranian soil by striking Israel, as they believe Israel would be partner to any U.S. action. Safavi said that Iran’s nuclear program is intended for peaceful purposes only, and that Khamenei recently released a fatwa against the use of weapons of mass destruction, though the contents of that religious ruling have not yet been publicized. Regarding dialogue with the United States and the West, Safavi said Iran’s decision would be influenced by the results of the U.S. presidential elections next month, as well as by the Iranian presidential elections in June and the economic situation in the Islamic Republic. Safavi also said that a victory by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would pave the way for dialogue with Washington, while a John McCain presidency would bolster Iran’s extreme right, which opposes dialogue. If conditions are favorable following the U.S. election, he said, Iran could draw back from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s declaration that “the nuclear case is closed,” and put it back on the agenda.

Safavi said he believed that U.S. sanctions on Iran have run their course, and that there would be no point in strengthening them. Tehran would therefore demand “firm and significant” U.S. measures in return for stopping uranium enrichment. He also said Ahmadinejad is not guaranteed victory in the June 2009 elections, particularly given the dire economic situation in Iran. Still, Iranian experts believe his only real competition is former president Mohammad Khatami, who has not yet joined the race. Safavi said the inflation rate in Iran is similar to that before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but that unrest among civilians today is not as strong. This is because the current government uses oil revenues to help the poor, he said.

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Preemptive strike my eye. This is definitely not a preemptive strike. This is a strike, period. Iran has wanted to escalate a war between them and Israel for quite some time now and are just using this as an excuse to do so. I still think that they are much further ahead in their nuclear program than others think they are.

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I think we alls aw this coming a year ago.

Israel & US has ignored Iran's taunts. Perhaps Iran is starting to get the idea that Israel won't be goaded into a fight. I'm thinking Iran's getting frustrated and might actually attack since it's becoming apparent to them that Israel or US won't attack them.

But wait, till my next post, from Iran about a dirty bomb.