You know, harmless hijinks and shenanigans!
See: All Quiet in the Holy Land
Occupation Iraq: Iranians Capture AmeriKan Spies
Yeah, that LAST ITEM QUICKLY DISAPPEARED from the AmeriKan news coverage!
"Iran expands trial of opposition backers; Adds 25 more; accuses them of plotting revolution" by Nasser Karimi, Associated Press | August 17, 2009
TEHRAN - Iran expanded its mass trial of opposition supporters yesterday, adding 25 more defendants including a Jewish teenager who are accused of involvement in the unrest....
One of the new defendants belongs to Iran’s tiny Jewish community. Yaghoghil Shaolian, 19, told the semiofficial Fars news agency he was not an activist and did not even vote. But he said he just got carried away and threw some stones at a bank branch in central Tehran, resulting in his arrest.
Iran’s sole Jewish parliamentarian, Siamak Mereh Sedq, confirmed the detention of Shaolian and his Jewish identity to the Associated Press. He said the detention was not connected to his religion. “He is innocent. We hope to see his release soon based on Islamic mercy,’’ he said.
Iran has a Jew in parliament?
Shaolian’s trial is the first time a Jew has been tried in Iran since 2000, when 13 Jews were charged with spying for Israel. Iran is home to 25,000 Jews, the largest such community in the Middle East outside Israel.
Why aren't Iran's 25,000 Jews fleeing, huh?
I mean, consider the contrast between the Iranians and the intolerant ethnic cleansing NaZionists of Israel.
During the trial session, authorities played a film showing attacks on public property, cars, and a mosque by protesters.
The turmoil.... has weakened President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and called his legitimacy into question.
Says the Zionist MSM with crossed fingers!
They NEVER SAID that about BUSH!!!!!!!!
Nevertheless, he pushed ahead with preparations for his next term by announcing he will nominate three women to his new Cabinet. If confirmed, they would be Iran’s first female ministers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Still won't be good enough, watch.
The adding of defendants, which brought the total number to 135, defied international condemnation of the trial many view as a sham. The United States labeled it a “show trial’’ last week and Ahmadinejad fired back with thinly veiled criticism of President Obama....
Oh, we have DEFINITELY have been hanging around Israelis too long.
Ahmadinejad’s announcement on female appointees to his Cabinet appeared to be an attempt to enlist the support of Iranian women as he fends off criticism from the opposition and some of his own conservative supporters.
Yeah, THEY are POLITICAL; WE NEVER ARE!!!!
But the appointments seem unlikely to appease reformists because the two women he named yesterday are fellow hard-liners.
He said on state television that he would appoint Marzieh Vahid Dastgerdi, a 50-year-old gynecologist, as health minister and Fatemeh Ajorlu, a 43-year-old lawmaker, as minister of welfare and social security.
Iran has gynecologists? Yer kidding?
He did not name the third woman, but said he will nominate at least one more female minister to the Cabinet. Ahmadinejad currently has a female vice president in his Cabinet who is in charge of the environment....
WTF? I'll bet they never repeat that again!
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