Iran's Hope and Change

Talk about a new day in Iran?

Hey folks,

To this day, after a week and a half delayed condemnation by Obama about the Iranian Elections and protest thereafter, he STILL will not come out and say we will not have anything to do with Iran. He STILL wants to sit and talk with them.

Meanwhile in Iran.

A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting postelection turmoil, a step that would likely increase Iran's isolation and alienate Western nations that have been trying to keep options open with Tehran despite its crackdown on protesters.

Actually it was Ahmad Jannati, the Head of Iran's Guardians Council, who said this at Friday prayers in Tehran.

"In these incidents, their embassy had a presence, some people were arrested. Naturally they will be put on trial, they have made confessions."

The announcement fueled calls in Europe for tougher action against Tehran. Britain is pressing for members of the European Union to pull their ambassadors out of Tehran to protest the staffers' arrests last week.

The standoff is a test of how far Iran's clerical rulers are willing to go to shore up their position at home after the wave of protests — even if they risk wrecking possibilities for dialogue between Tehran and the West, a major policy goal of President Barack Obama that Tehran cautiously welcomed.

THEY DO NOT NOW, NOR WILL THEY EVER, WANT DIALOGUE WITH US! They want us DEAD. All this talk about the hope and change of Iran is idiotic. They are executing people as we speak.

Tehran, Iran, Jul. 03 - Iranian authorities on Thursday hanged six people in the holy city of Qom, central Iran, state media reported.

All six were hanged in a prison, the state-run news agency Fars reported. They were accused of drug trafficking.

Six people were hanged on Wednesday in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, the state-run news agency ISNA reported, without identifying them. They were accused of murder.

Iranian authorities routinely execute dissidents on bogus charges such as armed robbery and drug trafficking.

Since the 12 June presidential election, millions of people have taken part in anti-government rallies in Tehran and other major cities, protesting the re-appointment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following the election which they believe was rigged. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 19 June rallied behind Ahmadinejad and demanded protestors stop their action. Demonstrators have since directed their protests at the entirety of the clerical establishment, with chants of “death to Khamenei”.

How does Iran deal with, uh, Free Speech?

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a ranking cleric, on Friday said, "Anyone who takes up arms to fight with the people is worthy of execution."

Those who disturbed the peace and destroyed public property were "at war with God" and should be "mercilessly dealt with", Khatami said in a nationally televised sermon.

Evin Prison was built by the Shah’s regime as a modern security prison to house political dissidents, but it became the Islamic Republic’s most dreaded gulag and the site of thousands of political executions. Ward 209 is exclusively set aside for political prisoners.

Yeah, we should really talk to them. Right? They will change their ways as long as our King Hussein Obama smiles and tells them to. Right? Things are so much better in the world now that "The One," The almighty Obama has risen to power here in our country. {sigh} Great world changing speech. Great speech. However, I do not think they got the message.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried
Iran Focus - Six hanged in central Iran