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Tehran slams McCain for saying cigarettes could be used to kill Iranians
By DPA
Tags: Iran, U.S., McCain 

Iran on Saturday condemned remarks by U.S. presidential candidate John McCain who said one way of killing Iranians was to export cigarettes to Iran, the country's official news agency IRNA reported.

"We condemn such remarks as ugly and immoral, especially for someone who intends to lead a country claiming civilization," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Husseini said.

McCain last Wednesday joked with reporters about sending Iranians cigarettes. "That's a way of killing them," McCain told a journalist who asked him about reports that U.S. exports, especially cigarettes, to Iran increased tenfold during the current administration of President George W. Bush.
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As others around him laughed uncomfortably and his wife Cindy poked him in the back, McCain quickly said: "I meant that as a joke ... as a person who hasn't had a cigarette in 28 years."

Early in his campaign, 71-year-old McCain also "joked" about "bombing Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' song "Barbara Ann."

Without officially admitting it, observers say Iran clearly favors Democratic candidate Barack Obama as next U.S. president, especially as he has several times spoken in favor of resuming diplomatic talks with Iran.

Another reason for favoring Obama is his middle name Hussein, which is also the name of the third Shiite Imam who is highly respected in Iran.

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      1.   Maybe Khamenie should take "Bill` as middle name 22:05  |  Mark B. 12/07/08
      2.   Aw, poor babies so sensitive 22:06  |  McQueen 12/07/08
      3.   Perhaps McCain is Showing Signs of Senility? 22:18  |  Mr. Know-It-All 12/07/08
      4.   Oh boy, more fun 22:23  |  Donald 12/07/08
      5.   Cigarettes- Weapons of Mass Destruction 22:26  |  jem 12/07/08
      6.   to donald dumb 22:28  |  jem 12/07/08
      7.   The Next Three To Six Months... 22:50  |  Yosemite 12/07/08
      8.   McCain is mentally unfit to lead 22:52  |  american 12/07/08
      9.   Smarter criticism would be better 22:55  |  Quijybo 12/07/08
      10.   That`s Why I`m Voting For Obama 22:59  |  Yosemite 12/07/08
      11.   Waterboarding Ahmadinejad 23:07  |  Yosemite 12/07/08
      12.   #4 Donald, liberalism kills your brain 23:11  |  Bob 12/07/08
      13.   Star candidate? 23:13  |  Faraz 12/07/08
      14.   It`s time to ban tobacco! 23:30  |  Shlomo 12/07/08
      15.   McCain getting his ideas from your talkback Zionists 23:50  |  Chanalau, Tova 12/07/08
      16.   Too bad the civilians are not the ones trying to attack us 23:56  |  Shimon 12/07/08
      17.   Iran favors Obama.... 23:58  |  Nemesis 12/07/08
      18.   The neocons will soon be history 00:23  |  Wendy 13/07/08
      19.   What McCain Said Pales In Comparison To The Iranians` Statements 00:27  |  Laguna Geno 13/07/08
      20.   #12..Chanalau 00:35  |  Nemesis 13/07/08
      21.   #8..Yosemite 00:42  |  Nemesis 13/07/08
      22.   Donald: Not Paying Attention 01:03  |  Tex 13/07/08
      23.   great 01:11  |  K.J 13/07/08
      24.   McCain 01:51  |  Persian Hero 13/07/08
      25.   kill them with cigarettes 02:23  |  conspirate 13/07/08
      26.   Ahmadinejad 02:29  |  Thomas 13/07/08
      27.   Open mouth, insert foot 02:29  |  Aphemia 13/07/08
      28.   Iranian legislators shouted "Death to America" 02:34  |  Realist 13/07/08
      29.   Subtle anti-Obama messages 02:44  |  Bemused 13/07/08
      30.   That might do it 02:59  |  Colin Wright 13/07/08
      31.   re 12 get a life chanalou 05:16  |  Alan the real one 13/07/08
      32.   Nemesis 05:46  |  Yosemite 13/07/08
      33.   What did Shakespeare say? 06:51  |  Michael J 13/07/08
      34.   #17. Aren`t you nice! 07:25  |  ManintheMiddle 13/07/08
      35.   Ugly and immoral? 07:27  |  TC 13/07/08
      36.   #24, Am I missing something? 07:34  |  ManintheMiddle 13/07/08
      37.   American Obesity 08:22  |  Palestinian Brits 13/07/08
      38.   #34 - ManintheMiddle 08:31  |  JES 13/07/08
      39.   Who Cares! Israel Must Use The Neutron Bomb Already! 08:31  |  Ethan 13/07/08
      40.   Reagan made similar jokes and was beloved 08:39  |  dyinglikeflies 13/07/08
      41.   to Yosemite 08:47  |  Susan 13/07/08
      42.   to #5 Jem 08:49  |  Susan 13/07/08
      43.   to #7 Yosemite 08:55  |  Susan 13/07/08
      44.   Wipe them out with Photoshop!!! 09:10  |  ScotGuy 13/07/08
      45.   Susan 09:26  |  Yosemite 13/07/08
      46.   Lucky Strike Cigarettes 10:03  |  Yosemite 13/07/08
      47.   o well...... 10:14  |  ravi 13/07/08
      48.   Remarks miss their point, Ahmedinejad has no humor 10:35  |  Tulip 13/07/08
      49.   to Yosemite 10:43  |  Susan 13/07/08
      50.   US government health warning Smoking kills Iranians 10:43  |  zionist forever 13/07/08
      51.   and we had fun, fun, fun; 10:56  |  Rob of melbourne 13/07/08
      52.   you just cant do it... 11:01  |  Rob of melbourne 13/07/08
      53.   A BLOODTHIRSTY-RACIST ANTI-ARAB, ANTI MUSLIM 11:02  |  indrajaya 13/07/08
      54.   Another American jackass hopes to be President 11:02  |  Clickfool 13/07/08
      55.   Another American jackass hopes to be President 11:02  |  Clickfool 13/07/08
      56.   WHO is forcing Iran to smoke?They are the opium addict capital of 11:38  |  PETER SM 13/07/08
      57.   If some Jews did not have Arabs to hate??? 11:47  |  Labhras 13/07/08
      58.   #38 JES re Maninthemiddle 11:56  |  Labhras 13/07/08
      59.   #52 Indrajaya 12:40  |  H 13/07/08
      60.   Ugly & immoral? from iran? 12:53  |  jonimac 13/07/08
      61.   McCain is an imbecile 12:56  |  Danny 13/07/08
      62.   Iranian upset 13:19  |  Sabra 13/07/08
      63.   This actually helps McCain 13:35  |  ScotGuy 13/07/08
      64.   Clickfool #54 about the beauty of dumbness. 13:41  |  S 13/07/08
      65.   Yosemite: 14:20  |  kay 13/07/08
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      72.   Cigarette Darkened Heart and Courage 16:18  |  Observer 13/07/08
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      74.   @18 Wendy on neo-cons 16:30  |  Mark B. 13/07/08
      75.   #54 Clicky...you elected Blair and Brown 16:37  |  Lynn 13/07/08
      76.   #53 INDY...YOUR posts of late have been 16:38  |  Lynn 13/07/08
      77.   #67 Richard. `MC CAIN" for President. 16:39  |  Roo 13/07/08
      78.   #2 McQueen....and supports Hamas and Hezbollah 16:41  |  Lynn 13/07/08
      79.   #47 ravi...get over it 16:46  |  Lynn 13/07/08
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      81.   Thankfully the fool doesn`t get to pick our candidates 16:54  |  Joe Frazier 13/07/08
      82.   Kay, Susan 17:32  |  Yosemite 13/07/08
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      85.   Iranian lunatics like to give it but can`t take it 18:47  |  Sam 13/07/08
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      88.   #53, Indrajaya 18:59  |  Bonnie 13/07/08
      89.   Clickfool #55 19:05  |  Bonnie 13/07/08
      90.   To Clickfool (#55): Of cavaliers on jackasses 19:09  |  Morris Valentine 13/07/08
      91.   ScotGuy #63 19:46  |  James McMahon 13/07/08
      92.   # 74, TEX 19:59  |  indrajaya 13/07/08
      93.   American can do better... 20:34  |  Gray 13/07/08
      94.   Ah! Ha! 20:59  |  Jim 13/07/08
      95.   #86 Indrajaya re Tex 21:04  |  Labhras 13/07/08
      96.   Ronnie Wolman: Good Call 21:16  |  CHGODMK 13/07/08
      97.   #24 Persian Hero 21:16  |  Jim 13/07/08
      98.   Someone`s going to be disappointed (To Gray, #93) 21:21  |  Morris Valentine 13/07/08
      99.   Big James: Using Non-Sequiters To Make His Point 21:38  |  Tex 13/07/08
      100.   Indrayagagaga: Pals Were Putting Food On THEIR Tables 21:41  |  Tex 13/07/08
      101.   #27 Aphemia 21:50  |  Jim 13/07/08
      102.   #87 Tex 21:57  |  Labhras 13/07/08
      103.   Paradox of free press 21:59  |  Gutenberg 13/07/08
      104.   CFOOL maybe you lot should have given them cigarettes instead of 22:10  |  PETER SM 13/07/08
      105.   2.5 million dead a year 22:16  |  Aphemia 13/07/08
      106.   BTW, Who forces Iranians to smoke? 22:44  |  DAVID KAPLAN 13/07/08
      107.   TEX The IRA terrorists were allied with Islamic terrorists 22:50  |  PETER SM 13/07/08
      108.   Peter SM tries on his smart new John Wayne hat # 104 23:01  |  Clickfool 13/07/08
      109.   #99 Tex in a tiddle 23:08  |  Labhras 13/07/08
      110.   jfk for president 23:13  |  jean-luc indrajaya 13/07/08
      111.   #27 Aphemia 23:23  |  Jim 13/07/08
      112.   dont condone McCain, but Iran is hardly a moral 23:28  |  jj 13/07/08
      113.   to Morris, Clickfool has no regard for history 23:34  |  jj 13/07/08
      114.   ro #8 23:35  |  Hilda 13/07/08
      115.   #102 Labhras 23:42  |  Jim 13/07/08
      116.   Morris Valentine: "Supporter or ?" 23:45  |  Gray 13/07/08
      117.   It`s comments like this that make me think McCain will lose 23:58  |  newageblues 13/07/08
      118.   It`s comments like this that make me think McCain will lose 23:58  |  newageblues 13/07/08
      119.   #105 Aphemia 00:04  |  Jim 14/07/08
      120.   Sing Along With Yosemite! 00:16  |  Yosemite 14/07/08
      121.   #107 peter s and m the hero from afar 00:36  |  Labhras 14/07/08
      122.   #107 peter s and m the hero from afar 00:36  |  Labhras 14/07/08
      123.   McCain and his job 00:48  |  Joel Weymouth 14/07/08
      124.   #107 another funny from peter S and M 00:50  |  Labhras 14/07/08
      125.   # 72 To Both Observer`s Posts.Iranians Smoke Like Chimneys Anyway 00:58  |  anonymous 14/07/08
      126.   peterS and M 01:14  |  Labhras 14/07/08
      127.   Labhras 07:09  |  JES 14/07/08
      128.   Zyklon B 07:21  |  Gordy 14/07/08
      129.   It occured to me... 07:24  |  JES 14/07/08
      130.   #56 PeterSM. George Bush, the pussy cat among the poppies. 07:42  |  Maureen Ann 14/07/08
      131.   Ghastly stupidity of Ugly Americanism spotlights a regime 08:29  |  Ivar 14/07/08
      132.   WHAT WILL BE THE NAME OF RAM BABU VERMA,S NEXT(?) 08:33  |  HAFIZ 14/07/08
      133.   #123 wiping out Islam 08:48  |  Joe 14/07/08
      134.   The best things said by L A B R A S S 09:14  |  Labhras`s admirer 14/07/08
      135.   CFOOL.Persians tried it on with Aussie troops as well 09:33  |  PETER SM 14/07/08
      136.   LABRAHAS good to see I got close to the bone.3 replies! 09:41  |  PETER SM 14/07/08
      137.   MAUREEN.Bush why?Why do we give millions to the Arabs 10:04  |  PETER SM 14/07/08
      138.   Gray to Morris Valentine - Stop the bulshit! 10:32  |  S 14/07/08
      139.   Liberalism Kills Your Brain 10:33  |  Helen 14/07/08
      140.   # 131 Anything or any posts that come from Estonia Should Be 15:29  |  KATHY 14/07/08
      141.   Turds of the Birds Flocking Together 15:29  |  Tex 14/07/08
      142.   # 127 JES..A Short Reminder about the Irish. 15:39  |  KATHY 14/07/08
      143.   Haaretz my posts to JES,and Ivar.. 17:09  |  . 14/07/08
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      146.   #127 JES re:Labhras..I`ll tell You What.. 20:13  |  KATHY 14/07/08
      147.   # 131 Anything that comes from Estonia is false,and not worthy. 20:27  |  KATHY 14/07/08
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      149.   # 115 Jimbo and Labrat going hand in hand dancing the night away. 21:48  |  KATHY 14/07/08
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      151.   # 150 Jimbo..An Another Thing.Slipped my Mind. 22:58  |  KATHY 14/07/08
      152.   # 150 Jimbo..An Another Thing.Slipped my Mind. 22:58  |  KATHY 14/07/08
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