PETER O’NEIL, MAX HARROLD of The Gazette and AFP contributed to this report, Canwest News Service
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Posted by alanmirs on September 27, 2008
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Posted by alanmirs on September 27, 2008
Associated Press |
Saturday, September 27, 2008 (Tehran) A former Iranian president warned the West that its support for Israel would backfire. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who is still considered influential in Iranian politics, said the US, Britain and France back Israel and this is dangerous |
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Posted by alanmirs on September 23, 2008
We generally do not welcome confrontations. Mr. Bush’s administration has not only harmed the people of the United States but people all around the world. The principles that were pursued in addressing the propaganda around the Iranian nuclear issue were wrong and incorrect to begin with
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Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
at a press conference at
the presidential office in Teheran, Iran
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Posted by alanmirs on September 14, 2008
Nuclear fear
Strength is often judged by how you carry yourself. Are you cocky and shouting? Or measured and calm? The Bush administration is acting more cocky than calm, not like the leaders of a superpower but like unsure freshmen
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Posted by alanmirs on September 12, 2008
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Posted by alanmirs on September 7, 2008
BEIJING — President Hu Jintao of China urged other nations on Saturday to negotiate a resolution to Iran’s nuclear issue during a meeting with Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, making clear again that China disapproves of any move by Western countries to attack Iran with military force
Mr. Hu met with Mr. Ahmadinejad on Saturday in the Great Hall of the People here after Mr. Ahmadinejad flew into Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, which began in the evening
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