Notwithstanding the condemnation by the world, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his controversial remarks calling for Israel to be ‘wiped off the map’, saying his remark was ‘right and just’.
Little wonder, British Prime Minister Tony Blair described such comments as a ‘disgrace’. He said such an attitude was ‘completely unacceptable’ and warned that Iran would be making a ‘very big mistake’ if it pressed ahead with its policy on Israel and its nuclear plan.
Interesting is the language, used by The Hindu correspondent Hasan Suroor in his despatch. “British-Iranian relations touched a new low after Prime Minister Tony Blair ratcheted up the rhetoric against Tehran calling it a ‘threat’ to world security and warning of action ‘if they carry on like this’.
Such approach by a section of the people is an encouragement to terrorists, obscurantists and fundamentalists. No sane person in the world can or should condone the outbursts of Iranian President. What is wrong if the British Prime Minister stands up to speak against such Iranian attitude.
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On every avccount Isreal is shown facing Iran by Western Press.And look Tony Blair was swift to answer when he could have said’my worthy counterpart could be angry haha i will call and inquire” Iran is always worried about the kind off mess that is put on its table whichs answerr is Isreal ,be it buying high technology or building in its own energy sector ,the western press has literally divided iran from the world.The former Iranian president offered USA a chance if they could walk economically onwards with Iran like equals .Iran was not replied to. Iran is a nation that fought a very rigid dictatorial regime out of its social political syastem and the world replies negatively to how can it mend its relations with countries that are holding and housing its former world infamous secreat service .a clean home will recieve clean guests. The muslims and plain thinking southern hemisphere public should start vouchinbg for a comparable electronic media . Iran can be applauded for not talking in Pakistan or turkeys stepping forward to mark 2005 as a year of conbtact with isreal .
Who is Britian or Uk in Irans affair? They neither have anymore Policy Role in trhe district to talk over new economies leadership like dictators.Britian has no more show of its 50 [ a show symbol of great wealth] The world should relax and let the leaders gather thier aspirations on mass communications of thier mutual understandings.
Read My Lips > Global Diplomacy
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
“As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
(Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
“Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid.” (Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
“Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation.”
(Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
“We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable.”
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad’s remarks?
“What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine.”
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
“Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle.”
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
“Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation.” (Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
“Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict.”
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
“Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
“When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power.”
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
“I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations.”
(Dan Gillerman, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
“What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine.” (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
“The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq.”
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
“It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president.”
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
“Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid.”
(Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
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