Tiger schrieb:Kann es sein, das auch Russland langsam mit Achmadinedschah und seinen Exzessen die Geduld verliert...?

Zitat:Irans Präsident erfüllt seine Holocaust-Leugnung mit Stolz

Mahmud Ahmadinedschad wettert weiter gegen Juden und den Staat Israel. Den iranischen Präsidenten erfüllt der Aufruhr wegen seiner Bezeichnung des Holocaust als „Mythos“ mit Stolz.

"Die Wut der professionellen Mörder macht uns stolz“, zitierte ihn die amtliche iranische Nachrichtenagentur Irna am Montag in Anspielung unter anderem auf Israel und die USA. Die Äußerung vom Freitag war international verurteilt worden. Der iranische Präsident nimmt diese Woche an der Generaldebatte der UN-Vollversammlung teil, wo er nach Angaben eines Mitarbeiters eine „Friedensbotschaft“ verkünden will.

Der oberste geistliche Führer des Iran, Ayatollah Ali Chamenei, hatte seinerseits am Sonntag in einer Rede zum Ende des Fastenmonats Ramadan die Solidaritätsbekundungen mit den Palästinensern am alljährlich begangenen Jerusalem-Tag einen „deutlichen Aufschrei der Muslime gegen den zerstörerischen zionistischen Krebs“ genannt.

Die französische Regierung nannte die Äußerung „zutiefst schockierend“. Die Vorsitzende des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland, Charlotte Knobloch, erklärte, „nach alter Sündenbock-Manier“ versuche Chamenei „genauso wie der Holocaustleugner Ahmadinedschad“ von den Problemen im eigenen Land abzulenken und mit dem Staat Israel einen „vermeintlich Schuldigen“ auszumachen....

Zitat:Gates Confirms Iranian Missile Test

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that Iran successfully test-fired a new missile yesterday, the Washington Times reported (see GSN, May 20).

"It was a successful test," Gates said, noting that the missile probably had a range between 1,200 and 1,500 miles.

"Because of some of the problems they've had with their engines, we think at least at this stage of the testing, it's probably closer to the lower end of that range. Whether it hit the target that it was intended for, I have not seen any information on that," he said in testimony before the House Appropriations Committee.

"This is the first time they have successfully launched (a solid-fuel missile) of this range," a second U.S. official said. Missiles that rely on solid-fuel propellant can be more easily transported and prepared for launch than their liquid-fuel counterparts, according to the Times.

"Up to now, the Iranian missile force has been based on liquid-fueled systems, which they obtained from North Korea," said U.S. National Security Council official Gary Samore. Yesterday's test involved a "solid propellant system, which apparently they developed on their own" and which is "much easier to move around," he said.

"I see it as a significant step forward in terms of Iran's capability to deliver weapons. Obviously, this is just a test. There is much more work to be done," Samore said.

The test did not suggest that Iran has expanded the reach of its missiles, said Arms Control Association analyst Greg Thielmann......

Zitat:Ahmadinedschad, Großoppositioneller auf internationaler Ebene

Der iranische Präsident übt bei der UN-Generalversammlung große Kritik an der Weltordnung
Ahmadinedschad fährt gerne nach New York zur UN. Dann steht er im Mittelpunkt der weltweiten Aufmerksamkeit. Sein gestriger Auftritt bei der UN-Generalversammlung bescherte ihm das gewohnte Echo.
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Zitat:Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on 'Jerusalem Day'

Zitat: Er ist halt ein hervorragender Redner und argumentiert so ziemlich jeden Gesprächspartner in Grund und Boden.

Zitat:Iran is an opportunity, Ahmadinejad tells Obama

NEW YORK (AP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat on Wednesday.
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He sought to open a wider nuclear dialogue with the West, and said the onus should be on the United States and other major nuclear powers to give up their weapons and to expand opportunities for all countries to make peaceful use of nuclear power.
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Ahmadinejad remained soft-spoken and almost completely still in his chair as he politely fielded questions on a wide range of issues rankling Iran’s relationship with the West. He would occasionally nod or offer a small smile, particularly when he appeared pleased with a point he had made, but the Iranian President never gestured or raised his voice. A few questions prompted an animated flurry of conversation in Farsi among members of his delegation before he gave a response that was translated into English.
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“I hope that Mr. Obama will move in the direction of change,” Ahmadinejad said. At another point he said, “The sources of insecurity around the world need to be discussed.”

The U.S. has agreed for the first time to fully join European-led talks with Iran.
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As recently as last Friday, Ahmadinejad questioned whether the Holocaust was “a real event” and said it was used by Jews to trick the West into backing the creation of Israel.

Ahmadinejad said he is not interested in debating historical details. Instead, he said he wants to focus on what he calls the wrong done to Palestinians who lost their land when Israel was formed.

Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust is used as a pretext for the repression of Palestinians. He grouped the deaths of Jews during World War II with those of millions of others who died.

Ahmadinejad repeated his nation’s interest in cooperating to help stabilize Afghanistan and help Iraq, but blamed the United States for having created chaos in the war-torn country on Iran’s eastern border.

“The occupying forces or the groups that have sent in the military to these two states, if indeed their policy has led to further instability, what do they want us to do?” Ahmadinejad said. “What exactly can we do for a car that has decided to speed up and basically crash down the hill? I don’t see exactly what we can do under that scenario.”
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Zitat:Iran assembly pledges allegiance to Ayatollah Khamenei
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:45:22 GMT

Iran's Assembly of Experts, which chooses and supervises the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has stated that Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is the only person suitable to lead the Islamic Republic.

"[The Assembly] continues to consider Ayatollah Khamenei as the sole choice that befits the robe of leadership," said a statement by the assembly after its meeting on Wednesday.

The clerical council, which is headed by Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, also thanked Ayatollah Khamenei for providing "sage guidance" in the turbulent aftermath of Iran's 10th presidential election in June.
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Zitat:Iran to build Aframax tankers for Venezuela

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:47:30 GMT

Iran Marine Industrial Co. (Sadra) has begun manufacturing four 113,000-metric-ton Aframax oil tankers for Venezuela.
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Zitat:Nomads’ literacy rate increased by 15% in Iran
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According to official figures, there are 104 tribes across the country. A total of 1,186,398 people in the country of over 70-million population have nomadic life.

70.8 percent of the nomads between 10 and 24 years of age were literate in 1377, while in 1387 (March 2008-March 2009) the literacy rate exceeded 86 percent, Abassi the ministry’s ex-director of the High Schools and Collages Department added.
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Zitat:Neue Provokation

Iran kündigt erneute Raketentests an

Die iranische Regierung kann ihre Provokationen nicht lassen: Nur einen Tag, nachdem das Regime in Teheran eingestanden hat, eine zweite Anlage zur Atomanreicherung zu besitzen, kündigt es weitere Raketentests an. US-Präsident Obama schließt inzwischen einen Militärschlag nicht mehr aus.