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Iranian official: Tehran proud of its support for Hezbollah, Hamas
By DPA
Tags: Hamas, Ali Larijani, Iran 

Iranian speaker of parliament Ali Larijani on Wednesday declared that Iran was proud of its support for the Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah movements, rejecting claims that it could be considered support for terrorism.

He said the support was part of Iran's commitment in the region to assist its neighbors in fighting occupation, and he accused the United States, the West and Israel of contradicting the values of freedom and democracy.

"They are freedom fighters fighting to defend their country and independence, that is not terrorism," he said about Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Larijani, who is on a two-day official visit to Bahrain, also accused the U.S. of trying to incite border and sectarian conflict among the countries of the region to use it as an excuse to increase military sales for what he said was an effort to re-take the oil sales revenues.

He reiterated Iran's call to neighboring Gulf states not to allow U.S. and Western military bases to be erected on their soil, insisting that Iran was never a threat to its neighbors.

"It was the Americans who encouraged Saddam to attack Iran and despite some of the regional countries support for him we nevereza Rice in a personal manner, referring to her not having had children.

"The West needs to reconsider what they say. The top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice, during the Israeli aggression against Lebanon which lasted 33 days, described the war as 'the birth pangs of a new Middle
East'," Larijani was quoted as saying by Al Wasat.

"As a woman who did not try the experience of pregnancy she seems to not have known that a birth needs longer time than that," he said.

Larijani also said that of the two candidates in the U.S. presidential race, Barack Obama seemed be 'more rational' than his opponent John McCain.

"The Democratic candidate Barack Obama seems to be more rational than the
Republican John McCain, but the test in deeds, not words," he said.

Larijani, a powerful politician with close ties to the country's supreme
leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticized the U.S. for exaggerating some
minor issues between the countries of the region so that the differences
appear to be insurmountable.

He added that Iran was ready to enter into security and economic agreements with neighboring countries.

Meanwhile the Saudi daily Al-Watan reported that Larijani was due to travel to Iraq and Lebanon in the next few days.

Larijani will convey messages from Iraqi Ayatollah Ali Sistani to Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the daily quoted unnamed sources from Iran as saying.

The sources said that the letter carried by Larijani reveals Sistani's position on the security agreement between Iraq and the United States.

The report on the visit coincided with one published by the Iraqi Web site Almalaf on Wednesday that Nasrallah was poisoned last week and that his life was saved by Iranian doctors who were rushed to Lebanon to treat him.

The website quoted diplomatic sources in Beirut as saying that a particularly poisonous chemical substance was used against the Shi'ite militia leader.

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      1.   He also stated, but Haaretz declined to write it, that Obama is 22:50  |  David 22/10/08
      2.   Consistency 23:04  |  Josh 22/10/08
      3.   A TRUE LEADER 23:58  |  Indrajaya 22/10/08
      4.   Haaretz omits part of Larijani`s statement on Obama. 00:23  |  Fortuna Benmayor 23/10/08
      5.   Iran terror supporter 00:38  |  dariush 23/10/08
      6.   What an alarming surprise 02:03  |  Chaim Gorenstein 23/10/08
      7.   Leave Lebanon alone Tehran 02:12  |  Lebanese American 23/10/08
      8.   Liarjoni strikes again 02:23  |  Blogowitz 23/10/08
      9.   NATURALLY IRANIANS WOULD ENDORSE OBAMA WHO IS ANTI-ISRAEL 02:27  |  Robinson 23/10/08
      10.   Backing organizations that call for killing Jews, yeah, proud sic 03:13  |  David 23/10/08
      11.   I too would be proud if I`d bet on the winning horse(s) 03:16  |  Josh 23/10/08
      12.   #9, Robinson 03:19  |  Josh 23/10/08
      13.   And how has this support helped the Palestinians and Lebanese? 03:22  |  Conroy 23/10/08
      14.   Actually the US and EU support the Palestinians more than Iran 04:35  |  Conroy 23/10/08
      15.   Iranians, Apparently, Don`t Understand the word "Terror" 04:37  |  Brad 23/10/08
      16.   #15, Brad 05:12  |  Josh 23/10/08
      17.   Not only Tehran 05:51  |  Fahim 23/10/08
      18.   #12 JOSHUA 05:51  |  Ricardo 23/10/08
      19.   #17 Fahim, you are so wrong it`s funny 06:11  |  Conroy 23/10/08
      20.   Larijani The True The Snake in The Grass 06:45  |  Yuri 23/10/08
      21.   #18, Ricardo 06:54  |  Josh 23/10/08
      22.   Ali Larijani we can see you don`t have a grasp on world affairs 07:25  |  Dish it Out 23/10/08
      23.   Iran is present at our borders. 07:49  |  Jean Van Daem 23/10/08
      24.   Proud to support PETA 08:22  |  Mike 23/10/08
      25.   Look, look who is siding with Obama! 08:41  |  S 23/10/08
      26.   EAT THAT, CONDY RICE 09:54  |  indrajaya 23/10/08
      27.   Josh, not anti Israel? 09:57  |  x-ray 23/10/08
      28.   WELL DONE, IRANIANS 09:59  |  indrajaya 23/10/08
      29.   Haaretz 10:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      30.   Iran has much to be proud of 10:22  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      31.   #25, S, "look, look who is siding with Obama" 10:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      32.   Josh #21 re: Ricardo 10:28  |  TonyL 23/10/08
      33.   #3 Indrajaya 10:48  |  Double Dutch 23/10/08
      34.   josh, the islamist 10:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      35.   Yuri`s comments on Larijani-Snake in the Grass 10:57  |  mad wee 23/10/08
      36.   Persia used to be a great nation 11:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      37.   Larijani opining about pregnancy 11:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      38.   #34, cjkohn 11:08  |  Josh 23/10/08
      39.   AGAIN support for no peace ever Hamas.Iran keeps repeating it.War 11:08  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      40.   Cipora #31 about bitter, bitter irony 11:10  |  S 23/10/08
      41.   #37, cjkohn 11:16  |  Josh 23/10/08
      42.   TonyL #32 to Josh`s splendor in the garbage 11:21  |  S 23/10/08
      43.   JOSH you like consistency? tell your brothers what will happen 11:28  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      44.   #40, S 11:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      45.   #42, S, Tony is a gem 11:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      46.   Pipe dream of leftists/islamist/ you name `em 11:36  |  Uri 23/10/08
      47.   josh the ignorant opining about barren women 11:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      48.   My full support for the Iranian speaker`s position 11:46  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      49.   Nothing new here 11:48  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/10/08
      50.   # 10 David 11:55  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      51.   FERRIMAN of course you do.Its your facts that are all wrong 11:56  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      52.   #48, Nick Ferriman 12:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      53.   #51, Peter SM 12:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      54.   #51, Peter SM 12:27  |  Josh 23/10/08
      55.   #18, sources... 12:31  |  Ricardo 23/10/08
      56.   # 52 Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:42  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      57.   # 51 Peter SM 12:54  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      58.   TO NO 23 JEAN IN METULA. 12:55  |  DANNY. 23/10/08
      59.   #56, Nick Ferriman 12:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      60.   NO 30 CIPORA 12:59  |  DANNY. 23/10/08
      61.   And why not? 13:02  |  khairi janbek 23/10/08
      62.   TO 34.CIPORA 13:03  |  DANNY. 23/10/08
      63.   #56, Nick Ferriman 13:05  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      64.   TO NO 36 CIPORA, 13:05  |  DANNY. 23/10/08
      65.   DANNY 13:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      66.   JOSH Hamas charter http://www.mideastweb.org/hamas.htm 13:09  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      67.   FERRIMAN there was NO forcible removal of 750000 Pals 13:23  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      68.   Not worth the ink....... 13:23  |  Zoe 23/10/08
      69.   FERRIMAN whats the excuse for the Islamist murders in Thailand 13:26  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      70.   TO NO 60 CIPORA. 13:37  |  DANNY 23/10/08
      71.   TO 65. 13:39  |  DANNY. 23/10/08
      72.   # 63 Cipora Julianna Kohn 13:54  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      73.   # 66 Peter SM 13:58  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      74.   # 69 Peter SM 14:03  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      75.   # 67 Peter SM, right of return 14:12  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      76.   FERRIMAN there is NO Likud party manifesto comparable 14:20  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      77.   For Josh.# 11. 14:29  |  David Nigel Braham 23/10/08
      78.   FERRIMAN there is nothing arbitary about a hostile enemy 14:38  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      79.   FERRIMAN .It was your side that chose to ignore the UN from day 1 14:43  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      80.   FERRIMAN UNSCR 242 they know the rules as well as you 14:44  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      81.   #11 Josh 15:09  |  Not Quite 23/10/08
      82.   Nick Ferriman #48 15:34  |  Axel 23/10/08
      83.   #31 Cipora JK....interesting article in JWR 15:47  |  Lynn 23/10/08
      84.   Margie in Tel Aviv 15:47  |  Walid 23/10/08
      85.   # 40 S...all this rhetoric 15:51  |  Lynn 23/10/08
      86.   Josh 15:55  |  Jane 23/10/08
      87.   S #40 15:58  |  John Syracuse 23/10/08
      88.   mad wee from KL #35 16:28  |  Cynic 23/10/08
      89.   Iran 16:38  |  Cyper Cynic 23/10/08
      90.   Indy`s true leaders 17:29  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      91.   Nick Ferriman # 75 the International Covenant on Civil and Politi 17:42  |  Jeff Northridge 23/10/08
      92.   #75 Mr Ferriman does that give the right to allow Jews to return 17:46  |  Big SUR 23/10/08
      93.   If it weren`t for Iran`s support, the Zionistas would have... 17:59  |  ManintheMiddle 23/10/08
      94.   David, Iran is doing the same as they did for the Jews. 18:07  |  ManintheMiddle 23/10/08
      95.   John Syracuse #87 about naivete 18:15  |  S 23/10/08
      96.   92 &94 Manin the middle get out of the middle education is key 18:26  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      97.   #94 Man in the Middle 18:43  |  Not Quite 23/10/08
      98.   Lynn-smoking the Pipe? #83 18:48  |  Roo 23/10/08
      99.   #94 Man in the Middle Continued 18:55  |  Not Quite 23/10/08
      100.   Big SUR 19:04  |  christa 23/10/08
      101.   # 36 19:06  |  christa 23/10/08
      102.   # 91 Jeff Northridge 19:13  |  christa 23/10/08
      103.   # 82 Axel 19:23  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      104.   # 76 Peter SM 19:33  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      105.   # 79 Peter SM 19:41  |  Nick Ferriman 23/10/08
      106.   Iran`s support of Hezbollah, Hamas 19:41  |  Koorosh 23/10/08
      107.   Big Sur 20:15  |  Persian Kitty 23/10/08
      108.   Nu - what elase does Iran have to be proud of? 20:23  |  ChanahS 23/10/08
      109.   Iranians Shaking And Rolling.Oh oh!! 21:01  |  Israeli 23/10/08
      110.   sorry Christa they were thrown out 21:35  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      111.   btw Christa Had being the operative word 21:36  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      112.   Nick Ferriman re: CJK 21:36  |  TonyL 23/10/08
      113.   #83 Lynn..Since you mentioned it,& I happen To have it.AN EXCERPT 21:37  |  Kathy 23/10/08
      114.   christa # 102 The Demise Of The Ottoman Empire 21:39  |  Jeff Northridge 23/10/08
      115.   to Persian Kitty , respectfully You are incorrect 21:41  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      116.   FERRIMAN Begin ?? He made land for peace in Egypt 21:44  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      117.   Persian Kitty #2 21:44  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      118.   FERRIMAN The Arabs were allocated 87% of the British mandate 21:46  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      119.   No Tehran 21:53  |  American 23/10/08
      120.   To any of the so-called Josh` Why don`t you try.. 21:57  |  True Israeli 23/10/08
      121.   #72, Nick Ferriman 22:22  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/10/08
      122.   Nick Ferriman # 103 The Right To Resist 22:51  |  Jeff Northridge 23/10/08
      123.   #113 Kathy....that is not the half of it 23:14  |  Lynn 23/10/08
      124.   #122 Lynn I wonder Where I went Wrong?But here is Some More! 23:36  |  Kathy 23/10/08
      125.   #123 Lynn The Links are three fold.Quite a job to put the right 23:52  |  Kathy 23/10/08
      126.   #7 hey,hey Lebanese American.Israel did not start the war,blame 00:37  |  Israeli 24/10/08
      127.   Big Sur 00:40  |  Persian Kitty 24/10/08
      128.   #27 Awww Indra for goodness give it up! Enough from you 00:52  |  Israeli 24/10/08
      129.   S & Cipora on "look who`s siding with Obama" 01:08  |  Persian Kitty 24/10/08
      130.   pssst Kathy-Lynn wants to tell you a secret @123 01:28  |  Roo 24/10/08
      131.   #128, 129, Persian Kitty 01:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/10/08
      132.   Jeff Northridge re: Nick Ferriman 01:58  |  TonyL 24/10/08
      133.   #130 Oh Roo,I was thinking of you.Honestly.Why? 02:10  |  Kathy 24/10/08
      134.   Roo re Lynn 02:25  |  TonyL 24/10/08
      135.   I have A response For Josh..Wherever he may be.. 02:28  |  Israeli 24/10/08
      136.   Bright Nations - Barbarian Leaders 02:36  |  NoToStupidRules 24/10/08
      137.   Proud Lebanon, Break Up the Barbarian Hezbolla, and Live Free 02:46  |  NoToStupidRules 24/10/08
      138.   re 28 its ok indi 02:47  |  alan the real one 24/10/08
      139.   Persian Kitty 03:18  |  Jane 24/10/08
      140.   # 92 Big Sur 04:08  |  Nick Ferriman 24/10/08
      141.   # 121 Cipora Julianna Kohn 04:27  |  Nick Ferriman 24/10/08
      142.   Persain Kitty 2nd Attempt 05:19  |  Janr 24/10/08
      143.   Protecting Besieged Arabs In the Levant 05:27  |  Gray 24/10/08
      144.   #133, Ferriman, you always presume too much 07:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/10/08
      145.   #135 gray at poplar springs and more garbage 08:37  |  victor hardman 24/10/08
      146.   Persian Kitty #129 I hope to still catch you 09:16  |  S 24/10/08
      147.   Walid 09:28  |  Eva 24/10/08
      148.   Gray protects the cowering 5 billion from the 5 million 10:35  |  x-ray 24/10/08
      149.   # 144 Cipora Julianna Kohn 15:34  |  Nick Ferriman 24/10/08
      150.   Nick Ferriman #103 17:25  |  Axel 24/10/08
      151.   To all Ferriman`s Posts.. 18:11  |  Kathy 24/10/08
      152.   Not Quite, Let me explain 18:32  |  ManintheMiddle 24/10/08
      153.   #103 Ferriman to Axel..Hear this Nick 19:16  |  Kathy 24/10/08
      154.   #151 ManintheMiddle You are wrong,and Not Quite Is Right. 19:52  |  Kathy 24/10/08
      155.   Cipora 20:44  |  Persian Kitty 24/10/08
      156.   Jane 20:46  |  Persian Kitty 24/10/08
      157.   #146 *S* The Betrayer Of Israel !!!!!! 21:50  |  Just me 24/10/08
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      159.   #158 Hey Roo I was off to beddibyes.There you are. 02:24  |  Kathy 25/10/08
      160.   # 153 Katty 10:20  |  Nick Ferriman 27/10/08
      161.   # 151 Katty 10:41  |  Nick Ferriman 27/10/08
      162.   # 150 Axel 11:04  |  Nick Ferriman 27/10/08
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