 Iran's Information Minister Ali Younessi said in Tehran Sunday that threats issued by US officials were part of a psychological war waged on Iran.
| No, we're not. You just think we are... |
"The Americans issued those statements to influence ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the Europe," Younessi told reporters, according to the official IRNA news agency. Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi also said in the capital Sunday that threats recently hurled by US officials against his country are part of a psychological war aimed at exerting pressure on Europe to tow the US line.
| Interesting concept, though. How does one carry out psychological warfare against people who're psychoceramics? Do the rules change for the unhinged? |
Speaking at his weekly press briefing, Asefi said that the United States actually wants Europe to fail in its talks with Iran. "American accusations (against Iran) are not new. Washington wages psychological wars against Iran every now and then. Militarism is the main reason behind those remarks. No country listens and even European states and President Bush`s comrades have rejected those remarks and consider them to be declarations of all-out war against the whole world," Asefi said, according to IRNA news agency.
| Oh, I don't think anybody but the French go that far. Still, it's interesting to see the way Iran's lapsed further into its national psychosis in the past year. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; in a country full of nutbags, the guy with all his marbles doesn't stand a chance. |
He further said that remarks of this kind are clear examples of a desire to wage religious and cultural wars against supporters of other religions and cultures, adding that they will bear no fruit except hatred at US policies at the regional and international levels as well as isolation for the United States. |