No News
… is no news. Fars at last check was still trying to figure out what to do with Bollinger’s speech. Their latest on A’jad’s big trip to the Great Satan is a Sunday event at which he addressed “a large group of Iranian expatriates residing in the US.” Looking at the picture, I wouldn’t think there are that many Iranians in the United States who have time for politely listening to A’jad spout crap, unless its the UN mission staff, their families and his security and hangers-on. Maybe they were able to pack the room by promising the Venezuelans and the Cubans a feed. Anyway, here’s what he had to say:
”We have gained giant achievements in all the different fields of science and hi-tech, while we are having an economic revolution in the form of Article 44 of the Constitution.”
He further pointed to the deep enthusiasm of capital holders for making investments in Iran, and said the number of applicants for investment in Iran is on the increase, “in such a way that the number of those who have applied during the last 6 months for investment in Iran equals the number of the applicants in the whole last year while a comparison between the last year and the year before that shows that the number has also grown four times more.”
Regarding Iran’s civilian nuclear program, Ahmadinejad said Iranian scientists could reach the heights of nuclear technology without an iota of foreign aid and while the country was under different sanctions.
He dismissed allegations that Iran is seeking to produce nuclear bombs, and said, “They say that Iran is after atomic bombs, but it is a lie and they themselves know that they are lying. The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also shows that Iran has had no diversion (from peaceful to non-peaceful purposes) and that Iran has had the most cooperation with the Agency.”
“We are obedient to the law and merely seek to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and utilize this energy at the service of our country’s development,” the president continued.
He said West seeks to monopolize wealth, science and technology, “they imagine that they are the master of the world and believe that others have no right to acquire science and make progress.”
Jesus, shut up and bring on the rubber chicken already! If we can’t drink, can we at least get a little “Death to the Zionists!” and “Hitler was a Jewish Stooge!”
Well, maybe he slipped it into the obligatory opening joke: “I know you’re all expecting me to say ‘Death to the Zionists’ or ‘Hitler was a Jewish Stooge,’ ha ha ha, but of course while these are important positions that must be seriously considered I have never said such a thing! Ha ha ha! … We have gained giant achievements in all the different fields of science and hi-tech, while we are having an economic revolution in the form of Article 44 of the Constitution … ”
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
Hold up. This’ll pull your face out of your mousse. Gay leftie bored and annoyed with rightwing hatemongering re A’jad, speechless over Iranian gay executions. As in, has nothing to say. Sometimes no news is news. That’s an 11:05 a.m. posting. Be interesting to see if there’s any course correction now that A’jad has just announced they have no homosexuals in Iran. Cat must have Greenwald’s tongue, just like Fars. You can check back here to see if Greenwald manages to muster up any outrage over “the new Hitler enemy” and his denial, if not the hangings.
The new Hitler enemy … that’s a good name. Hitler liked to kill homosexuals, too. Just like A’jad.
Gateway, your go-to site for Iranian outrage, has an outraged Iranian all over the “A’jad is bad but Bush is Badder” crowd.* He’s also got your Israeli outrage all over the UN General Assembly.
* I believe they actually had it as “Bush is worse,” but that’s grammatically incorrect. Because he’s badder.
Topics: Iran
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:12 pm on Monday, September 24, 2007
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September 25th, 2007 at 8:35 am
Now this is weird. One day, you’re all weepy that Columbia has the nerve - the nerve! - to give the guy a forum. The next day, you’re….giving the guy a forum.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
He further pointed to the deep enthusiasm of capital holders for making investments in Iran, and said the number of applicants for investment in Iran is on the increase,
Someone should point out to him that North Korea is not exactly the world’s go-to venture capitalist.
September 25th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I noticed an article stating that the Chechs are trying to increase ties with Iran. Does that count?