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Let's see - next stops on their "trip of fools" - hiking along the Line of Control in Kashmir; then a walkabout in Darfur; then a stroll through the DMZ in Korea.
[Iran Press TV Latest] The spokesman of a parliamentary special committee probing the disputed presidential election says that a disabled detained opposition figure has been moved out from prison to a house.
Kazem Jalali was quoting Tehran's Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi who was responding to concerns about the health of Saeed Hajjarian, an advisor to the opposition presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, reported Mehr news agency.
Hajjarian was arrested shortly after the disputed June 12 presidential election.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned his political rivals on Friday that their efforts to drive a wedge between him and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would come to nothing. "Yer schemes will come to naught!"
In a speech in the holy Shiite city of Mashhad, Ahmadinejad denied the latest political unrest following the June 12 elections caused any rifts among the leaders of the world's fifth biggest oil exporter. "This is not a political relationship... our relationship is based on kindness. It is like a relationship between a father and his son," Ahmadinejad said. "Your efforts will bear no fruit. This road is closed for those devils who dream about harming our relationship. Their dream will be buried along with them," state television reported.
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What happened? I thought we were courting Syria to separate them from Iran.
[Al Arabiya Latest] United States President Barack Obama late on Thursday extended sanctions against Syrian or pro-Syrian personalities, days after the White House said it would ease trade sanctions imposed on the Arab state.
Obama said the sanctions were gainst those who allegedly were provoking instability in neighboring Lebanon. "In the past six months, the United States has used dialogue with the Syrian government to address concerns and identify areas of mutual interest, including support for Lebanese sovereignty," Obama said in a statement.
He said there have been "some positive developments in the past year, including the establishment of diplomatic relations and an exchange of ambassadors between Lebanon and Syria." But he said "the actions of certain persons continue to contribute to political and economic instability in Lebanon and the region and constitute a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States."
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has turned into the "most competent military power" in the Middle East. Lieutenant General Reza Mohammad-Soleimani said that IRGC is fully capable of defending the Islamic Revolution against "any kind of threats".
"The IRGC is a living phenomenon which is rooted in the Islamic Revolution and which defends the Islamic Republic of Iran against 'hard', 'semi-hard' and 'soft' threats," he was quoted by IRNA as saying.
Mohammad-Soleimani noted that an IRGC initiative to organize 31 provincial corps across Iran has considerably enhanced the country's defense capabilities. The Iranian commander stated that the IRGC has made great achievements in defense industry to a point that it uses indigenous military hardware. Iran fought an eight year war to a draw against Saddam's Iraq. Sammy's financial shortskies after that war were why he invaded Kuwait. The U.S. fought the 4th Largest Army in the World™ and threw its sorry ass out of Kuwait in 100 hours flat. When Sammy managed to convince himself that he musta been seeing things and we actually ended up invading Iraq, we whupped him in 14 days.
Admittedly there have been a few years since the Iran-Iraq war. Iran does in fact produce quite a bit of its own armament. They've been concentrating on missile technology, that didn't turn out to be a war winner in 1989. And they've still got the IRGC, the main purpose of which seems to have been to burn off extra population. They haven't actually fought a war and won it, and some of the "triumphs" they've hooted about have been proven to be faked.
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Isn't the US the "most competent" Military in the Mideast? (I know we are not a MidEast nation but there is no doubt our military is in action there.)
Wouldn't that be followed by the Israel and then Turkey and Iraq?
(as the Iraqis are a not green troops)
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The purpose of militaries in the ME is to keep the population under control. SA has the most competent military in the ME, followed by Syria, Egypt and then Iran.
Amid lingering controversy over his first vice presidential pick, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects reports of having fallen out of favor with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. "No, really! We're like dat!"
In a Friday address to academics in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Ahmadinejad criticized efforts that have questioned his allegiance to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. President Ahmadinejad said that his relationship with the Leader goes beyond the realms of politics and is similar to that between a father and son. "In the past few days, several attempts were made to cause discord and friction between the government and the Leader," Ahmadinejad said. He said that such conflict-ridden efforts would not succeed in driving a wedge between the Leader and himself.
Tensions within Iran's political circles came to public view after Ahmadinejad appointed Esfandyar Rahim-Masha'i as his first vice president. The appointment came as a shock to Iranian officials, who had long disapproved of Masha'i for describing Iranians as "friends of the Israeli people".
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Watch those headlines... It sounded like he was blowing Kim Jung Il!
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Western countries - especially Britain - interfered in Iran's affairs and share the blame for the post-vote casualties in Iran. "Britain's policies towards Iran have been hostile and meddlesome, and of course they were defeated in the face the Iranian nation's resistance," Mottaki said during a pre-sermon address to worshippers gathered for the Friday Prayers at Tehran University. "In these [post-election] events, not all Western countries behaved the same, and it is Britain that has the worst record. It interferes the most in the internal affairs of other countries and it still entertains fantasies of the Great British Empire," Mottaki elaborated, as reported by ILNA.
In an apparent reference to the BBC, Mottaki alleged that Britain interfered in Iran in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election, "through television channels, which taught ways of creating disturbance, and preparing explosives, and this means that they share the responsibility for the post-election events and killings."
He said that he had spoken on the telephone with Carl Bildt, the Foreign Minister of Sweden, which is the current holder of the rotating European Union (EU) presidency. "I said that the EU is going through a transitory period. After following US policies unilaterally, it has now adopted certain anti-Iran policies and it must reconsider these," Mottaki described his telephone discussion.
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One day after thousands of Iranians showed no sign of compliance with June's disputed presidential election, a top official chastises the opposition for "not seeing that people are rejoicing" over the vote result.
"Somehow, some are unable to see that the people are rejoicing [over the election result]," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said during his Friday prayers sermon.
"Somehow, some are unable to see that the people are rejoicing [over the election result]," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said during his Friday prayers sermon.
His remarks came after tens of thousands of Iranians on Thursday defied a government ban and gathered in Tehran's main cemetery to mourn some 30 people killed in the aftermath of the election. At least 50 protesters were arrested in the protests.
Former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, one of the public symbols of the opposition, claims that the June 12 vote was stolen from him in a widespread fraud. He and his supporters, as well as former candidate Mehdi Karroubi, demand a re-run of the vote.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned his political rivals on Friday that their efforts to drive a wedge between him and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would come to nothing.
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has turned into the "most competent military power" in the Middle East. Lieutenant General Reza Mohammad-Soleimani said that IRGC is fully capable of defending the Islamic Revolution against "any kind of threats". 
