"Iran says it will put three American hikers on trial; May be seeking swap for prisoners detained by US" by Kay Armin Serjoie, Washington Post | December 15, 2009
TEHRAN - Iran announced yesterday that it will try three Americans who were accused of espionage after entering the country illegally during a hiking trip, raising the stakes in a case likely to exacerbate tensions with the United States.
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The announcement by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki comes after Iran last week demanded the release of 11 Iranians who it says are being held by the United States - a possible sign that Tehran may be seeking a prisoner exchange.
The development also coincides with a stalemate between Iran and Western powers over Tehran’s nuclear program. A meeting of five world powers trying to restrict the program, which had been set for later this month, has been canceled at China’s request, officials from three of the countries said yesterday....
Oh, so much for the TERRORIST SANCTIONS being increased, 'eh, Bob?!
Related: Obama told China: I can't stop Israel strike on Iran indefinitely
You READY for ANOTHER WORLD WAR after 8 YEARS of DRAINING CONFLICT that was WORTHLESS, America?
All over the SAME LIES that GOT YOU STARTED 8 YEARS AGO?
In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said espionage charges against the three were “totally unfounded.’’ Speaking to reporters after a meeting with her Spanish counterpart, Clinton added, “There is no basis for it. The three young people who were detained by the Iranians have absolutely no connection with any kind of action against the Iranian state or government. In fact, they were out hiking and unfortunately, apparently, allegedly walked across an unmarked boundary. . . . ’’
Yeah, TOO BAD NO ONE SHOULD or DOES BELIEVE the LYING and NEFARIOUS United States anymore -- including her own population.
Regarding the nuclear issue, Clinton said US concerns about Iran’s intentions have been heightened by the disclosure of a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, Iran’s failure to follow through on talks about the proposed uranium swap, and an announcement that Iran intends to build 10 more enrichment plants. “We have reached out,’’ Clinton said. “But . . . our outreach has produced very little in terms of any kind of positive response from the Iranians.’’
Yeah, they have only done darn near everything asked of them, are open to inspection, etc, etc, a yet this drunken whore spouts and spews war s***.
World, SHE is MORE of an AFFRONT to the senses than Condi Rice.
Iranian officials recently started a campaign to call attention to 11 Iranians who they say are being held in US jails. Iran accuses the United States of kidnapping a nuclear scientist, a top military official, and a businessman while they were traveling abroad.
Yeah, but when the U.S. RENDERS and TORTURES people after kidnapping that is OKAY!!!! Gives us patsies we can say gave us "good evidence" of Iran's evil intentions and lying ways.
Have we not BEEN HERE BEFORE, America? Please tell me you are NOT FALLING FOR THIS AGAIN!!!
Iranian officials are particularly upset about the case of Amir Hossein Ardebili, who pleaded guilty in the United States to plotting to ship sensitive US military technology to Iran, including advanced missile guidance and fighter plane components, after an FBI sting operation in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Ummmm, what is the FBI -- a DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE AGENCY(?) -- doing running a STING OPERATION in the Khazarian crime capital of the world?
This REEKS of a SET-UP!!!!
After meeting there in 2007 with US agents posing as Philadelphia-based dealers in strategic technology, Ardebili was arrested and extradited to the United States. Court documents in his case were released earlier this month. The arrest was part of a larger operation in which American, Dutch, and Belgian citizens have recently been convicted by US courts for trading prohibited technology with Iran.
“We urgently call on the US administration to put an end to such illogical behavior and immediately and unconditionally release Ardebili along with other Iranian inmates in order to alleviate concerns of their families,’’ Mottaki said last week.
Ardebili was sentenced yesterday in Delaware to five years in federal prison but probably will be released in about three years, considering the nearly two years he has already spent in US custody, according to Assistant US Attorney David L. Hall, who prosecuted the case. Hall dismissed the idea that Ardebili could be traded for anyone held by Iran, saying he is a “sentenced US prisoner’’ who committed “very serious’’ offenses.
The US prosecutor also rejected Iranian suggestions that Ardebili was illegally detained and flown to the United States. He was “accorded due process rights every step of the way,’’ including in Georgia, where he was held by local authorities and had two judicial appeals, one of them to the Georgian Supreme Court, before being extradited in January 2008, Hall said.
Iran also is highly concerned over the fate of Shahram Amiri, a nuclear physicist who disappeared during a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in June. Some media reports have said Amiri was seeking asylum abroad.Well, we KNOW WHICH ONES THOSE ARE, don't we?
Therefore, he WAS KIDNAPPED, no doubt about it!
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Yeah, for SOME REASON it is OKAY for USrael to KIDNAP and HOLD PEOPLE; however, when SOMEONE DOES IT to OUR SPIES then (see drunken Hitlery's booze-filled tirade).
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Okay, so we have the held spies to be outraged about, the kidnapped and programmed defectors supplying "information" under torture, what else do we need to pressure the Iranians.
Oh, right, the PROTESTS!!!
"Iranian students stage rival rallies across the nation; Contest footage showing burning of founder’s image" by Nasser Karimi, Associated Press | December 16, 2009
TEHRAN - Iran yesterday witnessed dueling student protests at universities in the ongoing fallout over footage showing the burning of a picture of the Islamic republic’s founder.
State television has repeatedly shown images, ostensibly taken during opposition protests on Dec. 7, of unidentified hands burning the picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a shocking action for most Iranians. Hundreds of students demonstrated at Tehran’s Science and Technology University contending the images were fabricated by government agents to discredit the opposition, the reformist website Mowjcamp reported.
It is SO SURREAL to read that in the Zionist AmeriKan newspaper.
Students in the protest carried pictures of both Khomeini, who remains widely revered, and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Similar protests also took place at Qom university, 65 miles south of Tehran. The official Iranian news agency, meanwhile, reported some 700 pro-government students gathered at the Tehran branch of Azad University to protest the desecration of Khomeini’s photo and were challenged by 100 pro-reform students.
I am TIRED of the ONE SIDED SELECTIVITY of the Zionist AmeriKan War Press.
The actions of the students reflect how a protest movement... has evolved to a constant challenge to the country’s ruling theocracy. State TV yesterday also said there were pro-government demonstrations throughout the country denouncing the insult to Khomeini.
Well, if you DOUBTED that the "reformers" are WESTERN TOOLS bent on REGIME CHANGE I think you can DISMISS those doubts.
Reformists, including former presidential candidate Mousavi, maintain that their supporters had nothing to do with the burning of the picture, which they say is being used by the government as an excuse for further crackdowns. On Monday Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said authorities had arrested several people on accusations of being involved in destroying the image. Dolatabadi also said yesterday that he was filing a lawsuit against two websites and their license holders for insulting Ahmadinejad, state TV reported. The suits target the conservative Jahannews and Alef news websites, the report said.
The president has frequently faced criticism from within his own conservative camp, where some see him as monopolizing power and handing posts to close associates....
Like ANY GOVERNMENT on the face of the planet has a right to complain -- least of all, shit-stinking Amurka!!!
Iran also has a long history of attacks on media.
Yeah, KEEP SHOVELING, *ews*** press!!
Pffffffffftttt!
And since AmeriKa is better than them THAT will NEVER HAPPEN under our censorship, 'er, "hate speech" laws, right?
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Okay, that stirs up internal trouble for the Iranians.
And don't think they didn't notice:
"Iran announces upgraded missile has been test-fired; Launch reveals nothing different, Pentagon asserts" by Michael Slackman, New York Times | December 17, 2009
CAIRO - Iran announced yesterday that it had test-fired an improved version of its most advanced missile, one capable of reaching Israel and parts of Europe, a move that appeared aimed to discourage a military attack on its nuclear sites and to defy Western pressure over its nuclear program.
But the Pentagon said the test, on Tuesday, did not reveal anything “particularly different’’ about Iran’s capabilities.... Still, the announcement provoked immediate rebukes from the White House and leaders in Europe, and appeared likely to intensify pressure from the United States and other Western powers to impose tougher economic sanctions on Iran.
Yeah, except CHINA JUST CANCELED the MEETING, didn't you hear, MSM?
A White House spokesman, Mike Hammer, said that the test undermined Iran’s claims that its nuclear program is peaceful, and said it would “increase the seriousness and resolve of the international community to hold Iran accountable’’ for its provocations, Reuters reported. The British prime minister, Gordon Brown, said the missile test “does make the case for us moving further on sanctions,’’ according to the Associated Press.
Yeah, if ISRAEL or the U.S. TEST MISSILES (or pepper Pashtunistan with them) and conduct WAR GAMES that is OKAY!!!
No one should be worried or upset about nations conducting invasion exercises after having, well, INVADED and ATTACKED MANY NATIONS and PEOPLES these last decades!!!
Are you detecting my disgust with AmeriKan *ewspapers, readers?
It's over. They're done.
Iranian television gave a brief report yesterday of a successful test of the two-stage, solid-fuel missile called a Sejil-2. Iran’s defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said the new missile is faster, more accurate and harder to shoot down than earlier versions and that it increases “the country’s technical and tactical powers,’’ according to Iran’s official news agency. Iran was clearly sending a warning to the West and to Israel, regional specialists said.
Yeah, did I MAKE it CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU, s***headed servants?
“It shows that Iran has the ability to stir unrest in the region and impact US interests,’’ said Mustafa el-Labbad, director of the East Center for Regional and Strategic Studies in Cairo. “It can reach the oil fields on the other side of the Gulf.’’
And ISRAEL, of course!!!! Given the choice, THIS GOVERNMENT will say to HELL with the OIL!! Otherwise, they would NEVER HAVE INVADED Iraq!
Iran’s test worsened already tense relations with the West.... Iran’s military has put on a show of force. Last month, the military staged five days of war games specifically aimed at discouraging an Israeli attack on its nuclear sites, and officials warned they could hit Tel Aviv if they chose. The latest missile test raises the stakes for negotiators and for Iran’s neighbors....
Isn't it amazing how DETERRING an ISRAELI ATTACK is somehow RAISING TENSIONS but USRAELI ATTACK EXERCISES (just like the U.S.-sponsored terrorism inside Iran) is HARDLY WORTH REMARKING UPON?!!!
The MSM SLANT is BECOMING UNBEARABLE, folks!!!
