Ahmadinejad: Opposition rally a Zionist, U.S. masquerade
Thousands of government supporters rally two days after at least 9 reformist demonstrators were killed.
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Israel newsIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called opposition rallies a foreign-backed "nauseating masquerade," the official IRNA news agency reported.
"The Iranian nation has seen a lot of such masquerade. A Zionist [Israeli] and American ordered masquerade," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by IRNA.
Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied on Tuesday, state media said, and a reformist party called on Iran's rulers to apologize to the nation two days after at least nine people were killed in anti-government protests.
The rallies called for the punishment of opposition leaders for fomenting unrest after June's disputed presidential poll which was won by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state media reported.
The elite Revolutionary Guards accused the foreign media of joining hands with the opposition to harm the Islamic state and the British ambassador to Tehran was summoned by the Iranian government to be accused of interference" in state matters.
"If Britain does not stop talking nonsense it will get a slap in the mouth," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. The British government said their envoy would respond "robustly" to any criticism.
The establishment intensified a crackdown on the reform movement on Sunday by rounding up leading moderates to try to end street protests after the deadly weekend clashes erupted during the Shi'ite Muslim religious ritual of Ashura.
At least 20 opposition figures have been arrested since Sunday, including three senior advisers to opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, his brother-in-law and a sister of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, opposition websites reported. Ebadi confirmed her sister's arrest.
At least nine Iranian demonstrators, including the nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, were killed in dissident clashes with security forces across Iran, according to a pro-reformist Web site.
"Ali Mousavi, 20, was killed in clashes on Sunday noon and his body was still kept in a Tehran hospital," said parleman news.
An Iranian opposition website said at least four protesters were killed in the northwestern city of Tabriz. Earlier in the day, the Web site said four protesters were killed in a rally in central Tehran while a fifth was reported in the evening.
Iranian police arrested about 300 people during the anti-government protests in Tehran, state broadcaster IRIB quoted a senior police official as saying.
Political turmoil has entered a new phase in Iran with bloody face-offs and arrests, with security forces calling on authorities to deal "firmly" with opposition leaders.
"Trying to overthrow the system will reach nowhere ... designers of the unrest will soon pay the cost of their insolence," the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement. "The opposition, which has joined hands with the foreign media, is backed by foreign enemies."
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You tone of generality shows ignorance of the truth of what is going on in the world. I feel sorry for you and your likes. You should know better and rise out of the quagmire of ignorance.
Look buddy, the media here attacks Ahmadinejad,so does England. The opposition lose elections and they are doing weird stuff. Israel is also threatening Iran. The government of Iran has no right to defend themselves & to maintain their own land? Maybe I should an interesting question..when will Israel take responsibility for the part they played in the Massacre in Gaza last year, huh? I have a nice answer-they never will. So what say do they have in what Iran gov't does in trying to maintain order in their own sovereign nation? Try this one, no one out of Iran deserves a say in it.
It's plain and simple, we know you own america and we also know many more people will die before your blood lust is satisfied, have a nice day.
President Ahmadi Nejad speaks the truth, and many of us in the West know it too, that these foolish Iranians who are protesting are being manipulated by the Zionist controlled US and UK. It isn;t more than a year since Gates or some other high ranking US official boasted about the huge amount of resources they were putting into "regime change" in Iran. We ned REGEIME CHANGE in the USA, Britain, Canada and Australia; and Israel (and we all need it thanks to israel), a lot more than the Iranians need it. Iranian problems are their own, their problems do not extend to causing them for others, unlike the Zionist controlled failing states I mentioned. We are headed for revolutions in our countries, if the present situation continues. We surely have nothing to offer Iran, we are no example for Iranian dissidents to follow or long for, and this is why the dissidents, who are not a majority anyway, are foolish and puppets of Zionism.
Worry about the actions of your own government i.e. Obama administration.
i could not have said it better myself.
Everyone should know: The pro-regime domonstration is sponsored by the savage rulers of Tehran. All employees have been ordered to show-up at work, sign-in and then were brought to demonstration. This is verified information. This regime will go but will not do that before killing thousands of people.
Today's Iran hardly qualifies for an Empire. Nevertheless, I'd like to remind you that there is/has been a significant difference between Iran/Iranians and the regime that hijacked our beautiful country 3 decades ago. The Children of Cyrus need your solidarity and support. If you don't feel inclined to do so, at the very least have enough respect not to lump 70 million innocent people with a few evil ruling mullahs.
The good citizens of Iran seeking life, liberty, and the pursuit of their happiness are pushing back the stifling white-washed turban of Caliphate chloroform they are being smothered into submission with by religious rapists masquerading as righteous representatives of G-d but who are instead Satanic sadists trying to mount their beautiful, innocent, captive subjects to violate them again and again in order to satiate their master. Spiritual and physical rape (in the case of the Basiji jail guards and commanders in the dark covering of night) is a serious enough crime on earth, so imagine how much more severely it will be judged in Heaven and what sentencing is to be handed down to Iran's repulsive regime from there!
Iran is the evil Empire of our times and those who support it are the evil characters of this world.
Why do you not let the media in?
Mark is right about executing women in iran. the revolutionary guards rape these young women no matter what but specially before execution, they have an official and religious excuse. iranian people are moving towards secularism and getting rid of the dark-ages religion that the government in iran is using to suppress people. it is a matter of time before they tumble, but they need everyone's support including people from israel (since most arab people happen to be in love with mahmoud)
The good citizens of Iran seeking life, liberty, and the pursuit of their happiness are pushing back the stifling white-washed turban of Caliphate chloroform they are being smothered into submission with by religious rapists masquerading as righteous representatives of G-d but who are instead Satanic sadists trying to mount their beautiful, innocent, captive subjects to violate them again and again in order to satiate their master. Spiritual and physical rape (in the case of the Basiji jail guards and commanders in the dark covering of night) is a serious enough crime on earth, so imagine how much more severely it will be judged in Heaven and what sentencing is to be handed down to Iran's repulsive regime from there!
Would Israel and America really try to overthrow the Iranian government? Let's put it another way. If Israel and America are not trying to overthrow the Iranian government, then their intelligence services are not doing their job.
America has killed its own citizens at Waco, Kent state and other places. China had Tieneman Square. France, Germany and the UK have all killed their own citizens when those citizens were in conflict with the government. Don't even get me started about Russia. None of these nations can criticize Iran for defending their nation, their law and order, and their government in the same way that western nations would. If you want to see a real bloody insurrection, wait until Israel starts evacuating the settlements.
Israel is currently the worlds largest killer of civilians. Usually America has this distinction, but, if you start counting from the 2006 war to present, America doesn't come close. Israel has killed about 2000 Arab civilians during that time. Most were killed in the 2006 war and the Gaza op, but Israel has also taken a steady attrition of Arab civilians over the years.
It's kinda catchy to blame "Zionists" (aka Jews who believe in their own rights) these days. Take these boards for example...
What a lunatic Ah-MAD-inejad is. Seems to forget that most of the backers for the protests come from Iraninans living abroad, that want the mullahs gone. One just has to read the brilliant article by Paul Klebnikov "Millionair Mullahs" to understand it is little to do with religion and more to do with power/wealth. Rafsanjani used to be a pistachio nuts seller now him and his family are millionaires. It is the shah cloaked in religion.
You are a fool and always have been. You know damn well this has nothng to do with zionists and evverything to do with a nation of Iranians who simply cannot abide you any more than they could the Shah and your end will be like him. Good riddance to the tyrant. 2010 will be the year of your fall.
Wasn't it the Zionists who plotted to assassinate "Farfur"?
That will be Ahmadinejad's legacy once he is gone. He will be gone and stay gone.
Iran shouldn't have nukes? This guy is a kook! I'd feel real safe with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hand on the nuke button. Iran kills its protesters and the silence is deafening from the anti-Israel crowd. Man oh man if this had been the IDF and the Pals there would already be an UN resolution against Israel and the writers would be comparing Israel to the Nazi's and Apartheid. Interestingly I read a story the other day about Iran executing women. Apparently if a women is a virgin, according to Islam, she cannot be executed. So the night before the scheduled execution the women is forcibly married to a prison guard and then raped by her "husband" so it doesn't conflict with Islamic law and she can be executed. Funny nobody is outraged by that. But if Israel just "announces" they will build apartments in Jerusalem, well, the anti-Israel writers feign moral outrage and go nuts. That selective morality is laughable.
plus Revolutionary Guards officials preparing to run for Russia? Vacationing?