TEHRAN, Sept. 9, 2007
Iran's Leader: No Plans For Nuclear Bomb
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Denies Country Is Working Toward Building Nuclear Weapons
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shakes hands with former Revolutionary Guards chief General Yahya Rahim Safavi (center) as newly-appointed head of the elite Revolutionary Guards force, General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, looks on, in Tehran, Sept. 3, 2007. (Getty Images/AFP/STR)
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The U.S. And Iran
Key events in once friendly, now contentious relationship between Washington and Tehran.
Speaking to an audience of Revolutionary Guards, the elite military unit that answers directly to him, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a rare direct statement that Iran is not interested in nuclear weapons.
"While the Iranian nation has no atomic bomb and has no plans to create this deadly weapon, it is still a respected nation" for its spiritual and revolutionary values, he told the Guards whose leader he had just replaced.
Iran which has always vigorously defended its right to develop its nuclear program also denies allegations by the United States and other countries that it is looking to develop weapons as well.
Earlier in the day, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made it clear that Iran had no intention of slowing down or stopping its nuclear energy program despite two rounds of sanctions from the U.N. Security Council and increasing pressure from the United States.
"Iranians are a nation of logic and dialogue but it will not negotiate about its rights with anybody," the official news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. "Enemies of this nation should known that Iran is not about to retreat."
He noted that the recent report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog which applauded Iran for its increased cooperation showed that European nations have a more positive approach to the situation than certain other countries.
"There are only one or two countries that do not understand reality and they think that they can force Iranian nation to back down," Ahmadinejad said, in an apparent reference to the U.S. and Britain.
The International Atomic Energy Agency report in August noted an increased willingness by the Iranians to answer questions after years of stonewalling and was seen as putting the brakes on the push for new sanctions.
According to diplomats, however, that report has displeased the U.S., who are putting pressure on IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei and accuse him of overstepping his authority in dealing with Iran.
The U.S. continues to suspect that Iran is exploiting the agreement with the IAEA as a smoke screen to deflect attention away from its continued defiance of a Security Council ban on uranium enrichment, a potential pathway to nuclear arms.
Iran insists it wants to master the technology only to meet future power needs and argues it is entitled to enrich uranium under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty provision giving all pact members the right to develop peaceful programs.
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See all 162 CommentsIranian forces have been legitimately cited as being involved in terrorist actions in Iraq, and especially against our forces despite what Pelosi or Reid, our "great military leaders" have said. It is time to cut the snake''s head off, which by the way is something that should have been done in 1979 if we had a President back then instead of a sniveling cowardly anti-Semitic and Racist bigot and Hoody Doody (insult to Hoody Doody) lookalike Jimmy Carter.
Who, by the way, was and is a Democrat. Figures.
He allowed the betrayal of the Shah and the seizing of our people and did NOTHING. A future Democratic President would wait till Iran nuked Tel Aviv or New York to maybe do something about it.
With the current crop of Non-Serving, MoveOn paid Cowards running for President on the Democratic side, Maybe NOT.
However, Israel and the U.S. shouldn''t be intimating plans to attack their uranium faciliites with "tactical" nuclear weapons unless we have hard evidence of a nuke program.
Right now the U.S. and Israel are the only powers in the region with nuclear weapons to threaten others with and if we launch a nuclear attack without a nuclear provocation we will be seen by the entire world as the clear outlaw aggressor.
We should work diplomatically with other nations to pressure them into IAEA compliance. That''s what we were initially successful at doing to Sadaam until Bush decided to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.
Regarding the Iranian hostage crisis, since you brought it up, it was the republicans who went to Paris and made a deal to give this regime arms if they held our hostages until inaguration day. Reagan & Bush commited treason in exchange for power.
US to Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc. etc.: "we''re gonna kick your a$$es."
US to North Korea: "Mr. Kim Il Jong sir, please may we sent you a lot of food and petroleum and kiss your fuzzy A$$?"
Get real. Can''t really blame them, can ya?
This is nothing but showboating for the public around the world so they can put off the inevitable. The longer they milk the UN, the more advanced thier Nuclear research gets.
First you compare Hitler and the Democrats. Everyone knows that Bush is the spitting political image of Hitler. From suspending parts of the Constitution, to ignoring other parts of it, and invading Iraq with unprovoked aggression in much the same way that Hitler invaded Poland. No difference there really.
What does "legitimately cited" mean? Does that mean proven without a doubt, or is that more of Bush''s fabricated intelligence? Or is that more of the fabricated intelligence provided to us from Israel - Iran''s mortal enemy?
Who EVER called Pelosi or Reid a military leader?
You''re saying that we should have invaded Iran in 1979? Obviously you feel that way because of the great success we''re having in Iraq - right? By the way, if "the snake''s head" needed to be cut off, why did Reagan and Bush the Elder sell / give them MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH, of weapons and ammo? Apparently the republicans think "the snake''s head" was an ally - no? But then again we were selling weapons and ammo to both sides in the Iran-Iraq war. Guess Reagan couldn''t make up his mind which American hating Islamic nation he hated more. (He must have preferred Iraq - remember the picture of Saddam and Rumsfeld smiling and shaking hands?)
What was supposed to be done when the Shah was over thrown? Invade? Nuke?
Non-serving cowards? You mean like "Five Deferment Cheney"? Or "AWOL George"? Or "Run and Hide Rumsfeld"?
Iran has lived up to its obligations under the non-proliferation treaties. It has not fought a war of aggression since the Islamic Revolution toppled the Shah and his US and Israeli trained murderers, SAVAK.
The in-bed media of the US Propaganda Machine has tried to sell Iranian responsibility for the attacks of the freedom fighters on occupation forces in the past. On one memorable occasion one PR-flak was braying that only Iran could produce the IEDs that have made life so miserable and dangerous for our soldiers, while another--obviously outside the loop--was announcing the capture of a bomb-making lab in Iraq that was making these very same IEDs.
The Occupation later unveiled weapons they claimed came from Iran...which turned out to be of Eastern European origin.
The liars who sold America the war for Oil, Israel and Opium are trying to expand their bloody swath through south Asia--don''t buy into their lies. Cheney has ordered the in-bed media to ''surge'' their fear-mongering aimed at Iran. Spit in this War Pig''s face!!
Posted by gkc99
Islamists love ignorance, and what you posted was truely ignorant.
This is the reason they want nukes.
According to the Shiite Muslim tradition, of which Ahmadinejad is a strong follower, the 12th imam, or the so-called "hidden" Imam Mahdi, has miraculously been kept alive since his disappearance in 874 AD. The revered Imam is set to return at a time of great global chaos, war and bloodshed, after which an era of Islamic justice will be ushered in. Some believe that Imam Mahdi will be returning some time this August, also the time some military experts predict that Iran will be ready to construct its first nuclear weapon. Also important to note is that fact that August 22 of the current year also corresponds with the Islamic date of Rajab 28. This day is the same day on which the great Saladin conquered and entered Jerusalem, further evidence of Ahmadinejad''s belief in the regional importance of the date chosen by him to report to the West.
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2006/07/ahmadinejads_ap.php
Ahmadinejad said Israel should be wiped away from the map and keep saying Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
Is there anybody who still believe in these guys?
... the Night Journey has become firmly embedded in the Islamic consciousness, such that Muslims today celebrate it as one of the central events of Muhammad''s life. And now, according to Ghadry, Ahmadinejad is planning an illumination of the night sky over Jerusalem to rival the one that greeted the Prophet of Islam on his journey. What the Iranian President, he says, is "promising the world by August 22 is the light in the sky over the Aqsa Mosque that took place the night before. That is his answer to the package of incentives the international community offered Iran on June 6."
Certainly a nuclear attack on Jerusalem or even an all-out conventional assault against Israel by Iran would be consistent with Ahmadinejad''s oft-repeated denials of Israel''s right to exist and recent predictions that its demise was at hand. He hinted at the use of nuclear weapons in his phrasing when he said that Israel "pushed the button of its own destruction" by finally retaliating against Hizballah''s relentless rocket barrage from south Lebanon.
Posted by gkc99
So in reality, you are absolutely clueless to believe that those idiots are doing anything besides what they say they are doing. They stated they want to fulfill Islamic prophecy. That means to bring the world to its knee''s, subjugate it for a false god they call allah(and mohammad is his prophet). I call him satan, and muslims are servants of the devil.
Yes, they already told us. Its morons who dont listen that the clueless ones.
Obama''s backing of Lieberman in his dust-off with the anti-Iraq war Morgan banker in the Connecticutt Senate race says all that needs be said about the anti-war nature of the mainstream Democratic party.
If you are anti-war, against funding a global empire for Anglo-American capital and a New World Order police state, then you have three choices for president at this point--Paul, Kucinich or Gravel. If not, just get yourself a brown shirt that won''t be taxed off your back and learn to do the Goosestep Waddle with America''s porcine Neo-Scum leadership.
Ahmadinejad said Israel should be wiped away from the map and keep saying Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
Is there anybody who still believe in these guys?
Is that the pledge?
Where and when did Ahmadinejad declare that Israel had no right to exist?--And, please don''t tell me that stale old lie that he said ''Israel should be wiped off the map''--when he was actually calling for an ''end to the regime occupying Quds''...
Troops Home Now! The War Pig Regime in Washington is the enemy of the American people. The borders are open, the Constitution betrayed! Restore the Republic!
Are you Bin Laden''s speech writer?
What is happening now is clear and simple: The terrorists ayatollahs decided that the explosive belts arent killing enough people because they are made of ordinary explosives so they need nuclear technology to create more lethals belts.
What is happening now is clear and simple: The terrorists ayatollahs decided that the explosive belts arent killing enough people because they are made of ordinary explosives so they need nuclear technology to create more lethals belts.
Posted by nunesbras at 10:25 AM : Sep 09, 2007
So? Does Hezbollah attack the US? No. Is Isreal a Republic like the US? No. Isreal is a Democracy... the US is NOT! And to the Republic for which it stands! Iran is more of a Republic than Israel.
islam practices slavery on non muslims
islam practices apartheid on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices rape on babies and animals
islam practices genocide on non muslims
all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/world/main2505445.shtml
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
Malaysia women ''suffer apartheid''
The daughter of Malaysia''s former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on the roles and status of Muslim women in the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
A matter of tolerance
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/2006/12/matter-of-tolerance.html
Marina Mahathir
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=slavery+islam&btnG=Search
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4795808.stm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=apartheid islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rape islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rape islam babies&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=genocide islam&btnG=Search
islam practices slavery on non muslims
islam practices apartheid on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices rape on babies and animals
islam practices genocide on non muslims
all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/world/main2505445.shtml
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
Malaysia women ''suffer apartheid''
The daughter of Malaysia''s former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on the roles and status of Muslim women in the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
A matter of tolerance
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/2006/12/matter-of-tolerance.html
Marina Mahathir
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=slavery+islam&btnG=Search
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4795808.stm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=apartheid islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rape islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rape islam babies&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=genocide islam&btnG=Search
Are you Bin Laden''''s speech writer?
Posted by on_alert247 at 10:32 AM : Sep 09, 2007
You like him more than I. Without him you probably would be a... glass parking lot, no?
Are you Bin Laden''''s speech writer?
Posted by on_alert247 at 10:32 AM : Sep 09, 2007
You like him more than I. Without him you probably would be a... glass parking lot, no?
What is happening now is clear and simple: The terrorists ayatollahs decided that the explosive belts arent killing enough people because they are made of ordinary explosives so they need nuclear technology to create more lethal belts.
What is happening now is clear and simple: The terrorists ayatollahs decided that the explosive belts arent killing enough people because they are made of ordinary explosives so they need nuclear technology to create more lethals belts.
Iran, Saudi, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lybia, Jordan, etc are all countries rulled by dictators brainwashed muslins. There has been this way for centuries. They should stop fighting the west because one day their oil will be over and then they will need us to feed them. That region they use to call holly land is a piece of desert in wich nothing grows.
That is they had a hole dug, wrapped the women or young girl tightly so she can not move, blind fold her, and have eager men throw rocks and bolders on her until her head is crushed, lungs collapsed, face fractured, choke on their own vomit or blood. These are the people anyone reading this can trust ? These are the people the LEFT thinks it is OK to have the NUKE. You knockle heads.
No, you moron, I''m agreeing with you, Iran wants nuclear weapons and intends to get nuclear weapons by any means necessary. If I were an Iranian I''d do the same thing, for the reason indicated in my previous post. Whether or not the USA should "allow" it is another question. I don''t see how the USA can do a *** thing about it, frankly. Other than a nuclear attack on Iran prior to their development of a weapon, the USA can do nothing. Bushit has us over a barrel in Iraq. And a nuclear attack on Iran, unprovoked by any Iranian USE of nuclear weapons would forever brand the USA as the biggest rogue nation in the world. Underground nuclear bursts of "bunker busters" are the worst kind of nuclear explosion for producing massive quantities of highly radioactive fallout.
No, you moron, I''m agreeing with you, Iran wants nuclear weapons and intends to get nuclear weapons by any means necessary. If I were an Iranian I''d do the same thing, for the reason indicated in my previous post. Whether or not the USA should "allow" it is another question. I don''t see how the USA can do a *** thing about it, frankly. Other than a nuclear attack on Iran prior to their development of a weapon, the USA can do nothing. Bushit has us over a barrel in Iraq. And a nuclear attack on Iran, unprovoked by any Iranian USE of nuclear weapons would forever brand the USA as the biggest rogue nation in the world. Underground nuclear bursts of "bunker busters" are the worst kind of nuclear explosion for producing massive quantities of highly radioactive fallout.
What is happening now is clear and simple: The terrorists ayatollahs decided that the explosive belts arent killing enough people because they are made of ordinary explosives so they need nuclear technology to create more lethals belts.
Iran, Saudi, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lybia, Jordan, etc are all countries rulled by dictators brainwashed muslins. There has been this way for centuries. They should stop fighting the west because one day their oil will be over and then they will need us to feed them. That region they use to call holy land is a piece of desert in wich nothing grows.
That is they had a hole dug, wrapped the women or young girl tightly so she can not move, blind fold her, and have eager men throw rocks and bolders on her until her head is crushed, lungs collapsed, face fractured, choke on their own vomit or blood. These are the people anyone reading this can trust ? These are the people the LEFT thinks it is OK to have the NUKE. You knockle heads.
No, you moron, I''m agreeing with you, Iran wants nuclear weapons and intends to get nuclear weapons by any means necessary. If I were an Iranian I''d do the same thing, for the reason indicated in my previous post. Whether or not the USA should "allow" it is another question. I don''t see how the USA can do a *** thing about it, frankly. Other than a nuclear attack on Iran prior to their development of a weapon, the USA can do nothing. Bushit has us over a barrel in Iraq. And a nuclear attack on Iran, unprovoked by any Iranian USE of nuclear weapons would forever brand the USA as the biggest rogue nation in the world. Underground nuclear bursts of "bunker busters" are the worst kind of nuclear explosion for producing massive quantities of highly radioactive fallout.
Posted by nunesbras at 11:01 AM : Sep 09, 2007
Maybe they don''t know it any more than you do? You are brainwashed into thinking the US is a Democracy. A bunch of loons with torches looking for a witch to burn. Even the truth movement has the NWO. The NWO is just rich investors who practice Zodiac stuff. The presidents mention the ''Ages'' to get their support. They blab to what ever group send them money.
Try UFOs like Reagan said.
If you shoot at nothing in the sky, nothing dies.
Ahmadinejad said Israel should be wiped away from the map and keep saying Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
Is there anybody who still believe in these guys?
None Of Us Are Free - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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WHY IS IT NOT ONE ISLAMIC COUNTRY GRANTS EQUAL RIGHTS TO NON MUSLIMS?
FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM SAYS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATES ISLAM LAW...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
For example, in 1981, the Iranian representative to the United Nations, Said Rajaie-Khorassani, articulated the position of his country regarding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by saying that the UDHR was "a secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition", which could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing the Islamic law.
http://www.un.org/terrorism/
http://www.un.org/terrorism/strategy-counter-terrorism.html
http://www.un.org/
But the accepted assumption in India is that most of India''s Muslims were converted to Islam through the sword. Meaning the Indians were given an option between death or adopting Islam. The third option was getting examined in Islam religion along with heavy taxes- Jeziya (poll tax) and Kharaj (property tax).
http://adaniel.tripod.com/Islam.htm
this is what fascist nazi islam calls peace....
are you ready to live under islam rule as a non muslim???
apartheid fascist nazi islamic style
Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/islamic_state.htm
Posted by USAisdway98 at 08:21 AM : Sep 09, 2007
Oh really - What is Operation Eagle Claw ??
Just how was the betrayal of the Shah ALLOWED ??
And why were the hostages taken ?
US to Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc. etc.: "we''''re gonna kick your a$$es."
US to North Korea: "Mr. Kim Il Jong sir, please may we sent you a lot of food and petroleum and kiss your fuzzy A$$?"
Get real. Can''''t really blame them, can ya?
Posted by gkc99 at 09:21 AM : Sep 09, 2007
No, you moron, I''''m agreeing with you
Posted by gkc99 at
Moron? You agreed with me?
Liar.
Posted by nunesbras
(they attacked out allies that we have defense treaties with)
Its true. Irans leadership say what they actually want to do, and Isreals leaders will do what they have to, and not say a thing.
non muslims of the world unite... fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside...
I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770
Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm
Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan
the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/
Liar.
Posted by pwrslm
Not that I care to agree with you, meathead, but I think Iran is making every effort to secure nuclear weapons at any cost, despite their protestations to the contrary. Wasn''t that your point? Or have you forgotten?
My original post said that Iran wants nuclear weapons to get some respect from the US, the difference being the way Bushit relates to the Iranians vs. the way he relates to the North Koreans, much more deferential shall we say.
Guess you''re too stupid to grasp the concept.
Posted by zootallures2 at 01:10 PM : Sep 09, 2007
It is Iran''s stated policy to let off their first nuke in Israel, this by their touted moderate Khamenei who used to be un power. It''s their stated policy to destroy the US, they were preaching all of this during the Clinton years.
Well he must have wrote our pledge "to the republic" ... lol!
Hey Bin Ladin is also breathing air. Maybe if you breath air, you are also being like Bin Ladin?
Posted by andrew_693 at 01:14 PM : Sep 09, 2007
It was Carter stupidity that got hostages taken in Iran in the first place. Clinton did squat after the Cole, Kohbar Towers and two Embassy bombings in Africa, which planet are you living on? Bin Laden boasted how the US will not fight back all through the 1990s.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Denies Country Is Working Toward Building Nuclear Weapons
hahahahahahaha he also says you can rape babies and animals... sick fascist nazi terrorislam...
go home haji...
YOUR CAMEL MISSES U!
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
http://www.homa.org/default.asp?TOCID=2083225445
http://profiles.yahoo.com/arabgoatsspeakout
Man forced to marry goat in southern Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm
CBC head quits after defecation, bestiality remarks
Guy Fournier created an uproar in Canada''s Lebanese community and in the media when he claimed that Lebanon allowed men to have sexual relations with female animals, but reserved the death penalty for those who did so with male animals.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-09-20T122515Z_01_N19422715_RTRUKOC_0_US-CBC1.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Well he must have wrote our pledge "to the republic" ... lol!
Hey Bin Ladin is also breathing air. Maybe if you breath air, you are also being like Bin Ladin?
Posted by zootallures2 at 01:19 PM : Sep 09, 2007
You can''t write a coherent paragraph so it doesn''t suprise me at all that you write his loony, incoherent, racist, bigoted, babbling.
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