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2006-06-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran should be wary of enemies divisive plots: Rafsanjani

The Iranian government and nation must not allow the enemies to damage their unity and solidarity, Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in Qom on Monday. In a speech marking the anniversary of the Khordad 15 uprising of 1963, Rafsanjani called the 1979 Islamic Revolution a great national asset. We should try to protect this asset and thwart the plots of the enemies by maintaining unity, he added.

He underlined the key roles played by the city of Qom, seminaries, and marja taqlids (sources of emulation) in helping the Islamic Revolution attain victory. Imam Khomeini stood up to the monarchy, trusting in God and relying on the help of the people of Qom and its seminaries, he noted. He also expressed hope that the people of Qom would always uphold the ideals of the late Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution.

Posted by Fred 2006-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thanks for the tip on the importance of Qom. Do we have the target coordinates ? Ah yes, thought so.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-06-06 02:23|| 2006-06-06 02:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I picture Rafi has patches on the elbows of his thobe. Got kind of a Father Knows Best thing going on.

Posted by flyover 2006-06-06 03:28|| 2006-06-06 03:28|| Front Page Top

#3 No, it is a great asset to the clerics, not the Iranian people.
Your country is worse off than it was in 1970. Your stock market is down, your oil production keeps getting smaller instead of bigger. All the while you become more dependent on the ouside world for all your needs.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-06 11:36|| 2006-06-06 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 All the while you become more dependent on the ouside world for all your needs.

And keep pushing that envelope. Push hard and fast enough and you risk finding yourself, quite suddenly, right outside of it.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-06-06 22:40|| 2006-06-06 22:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Carter should have removed Qom from the planet when the hostage crisis began.

Posted by 3dc 2006-06-06 23:03|| 2006-06-06 23:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Carter had neither the balls nor the inclination - he loves Islam

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-06 23:16|| 2006-06-06 23:16|| Front Page Top

#7 And all these years I thought he was looking for an excuse to sniff the roses in the whitehouse garden instead of working.

Posted by 3dc 2006-06-06 23:28|| 2006-06-06 23:28|| Front Page Top

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