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Leader Warns That Enemies Are Trying to Destabilize Iran
2004-03-24
Mehr News Agency
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the enemies should know that any act against Iran would be thwarted because Iranians are awake and vigilant. Addressing large groups of pilgrims at the holy shrine of Hazrat Musa al-Reza (AS), the eighth Shiite Imam in Mashad, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Americans and Zionists have faced an impasse in Iran as well as in Iraq and Palestine. Contrary to their expectation, the U.S. has encountered numerous difficulties in Iraq and is bogged down in a quagmire, said the Supreme Leader said.
Quagmire to the left o' me! Quagmire to the right o' me! Oh! What shall I do?
Urging the people to maintain their vigilance and awareness, Ayatollah Khamenei said enemies and the arrogant powers have today realized that Iranian nation would show their national strength whenever needed. He warned the audience that enemies are striving to destabilize Iran because instability would inhibit scientific, economic, and cultural progress.
Gotta watch out for those deep-laid plots, y'know...
The most important duty of people and officials is to be vigilant and responsible and make the most of the stability in the country obtained through high public turn out in rallies and elections. The Supreme Leader instructed the officials to be accountable to the public, report details of their performance to them and avoid considering themselves immune to any criticism. He further urged the officials to abide by their faith, strive for social justice, avoid discrimination, squandering public wealth, violation of public rights and abusing their positions. The Supreme Leader also urged the judiciary to provide the public with the first hand account of its performance for restoration of the oppressed`s rights and turn the judiciary branch as real sanctuary of the oppressed. The Supreme Leader said the MPs-elect for the seventh Majlis should know that the public expect them to work and act in line with the Islamic ethics.
Yasss... We saw Islamic ethics in action in the run-up to the elections...
Posted by:Fred

#5  He warned the audience that enemies are striving to destabilize Iran because instability would inhibit scientific, economic, and cultural progress.
Scientific progress? Wonder what he's refering to exactly..
I was led to believe that the clergy were taught public speaking & basic/intermediate level rhetoric at Qom, obviously Khamene'i was asleep most of the time. No metaphors, not even the lamest attempts at humour, no rhetorical questions, not even any blood curdling threats or evocations of past glories & even the dullest backwood Mullah should be able to manage that! Instead it's just: blah blah, need for vigilence, blah drone world arrogance, blah mumble, waffle people should work hard & be patriotic waffle-drone, drone zionist entity...plans..blah blah plots waffle waffle enemies not being too succesful, drone drone (continues for several hours.) I think he's just got one non-specific speach he delivers on all occasions, maybe some members of the Iranian press corps remembered seeing Brezhnev in action & decided that was the safest approach to take?
Posted by: Dave   2004-03-24 3:51:53 PM  

#4  Urging the people to maintain their vigilance and awareness, Ayatollah Khamenei said enemies and the arrogant powers have today realized that Iranian nation would show their national strength whenever needed. He warned the audience that enemies are striving to destabilize Iran because instability would inhibit scientific, economic, and cultural progress.

Sounds like the Ayatollah has taken North Korean 101.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-03-24 12:51:06 PM  

#3  duh you fucking dumbasses! mess with countiers larger long enough (and I think 25 years is way too long) and eventually that country wakes up and is pissed!
Posted by: Dan   2004-3-24 12:31:51 PM  

#2  Watsonsuri: "Holmesemani, How do you do it?"
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2004-3-24 8:04:54 AM  

#1  Islamic ethics

Is that like jumbo shrimp?
Posted by: badanov   2004-3-24 7:58:01 AM  

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