Anti-West Hard-Liner Gains in Iranian Race

[skye]

"Opposing “détente a hundred percent” and promising no compromise “whatsoever” with the West over matters like Iran’s nuclear program and involvement in Syria, Mr. Jalili seems set to further escalate Iran’s standoff with the United States and its allies if elected president."


May 28, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/w...favorite-in-irans-presidential-race.html?_r=0

 

[Trajan]

meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

 

[skye]

meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

Exactly!


This is among the things he said:


"The goal of Iran and its allies, Mr. Jalili said, is to “uproot capitalism, Zionism and Communism, and promote the discourse of pure Islam in the world.”

 

[Connery]

...and he could expect the same economic sanctions, cyber warfare and isolation Iran now enjoys.

 

[Trajan]

one of the candidates is/was the mayor of Tehran if I recall, he was proud of the fact he unleashed the Basij militia who among other things shot Neda Soltan.....

partially graphic

Neda Agha Soltan, killed 20.06.2009, Presidential Election Protest, Tehran, IRAN - YouTube

 

[skye]

one of the candidates is/was the mayor of Tehran if I recall, he was proud of the fact he unleashed the Basij militia who among other things shot Neda Soltan.....

partially graphic

Neda Agha Soltan, killed 20.06.2009, Presidential Election Protest, Tehran, IRAN - YouTube

Absolutely horrible here is photo of that poor woman before she was murdered

Nedā Āghā-Soltān (1983 – 2009)

 

[irosie91]

My take on politics in Iran----has been-----with only a very negligible
basis-----it is based on the few Iranians living in the USA I have known
well-------that KHOMEINI took power with the backing of semiliterate
country folk and so will JALILI ---- there are just a lot more of them
than there are of the more sophisticated TEHERAN folk

something an elderly Iraqi jew told me------not optimistic
about the usefullness of "democracy" in Iraq.

"They will elect the biggest idiots"

(well---lets face it---it happens here too)

 

[Ropey]

I wasn't expecting a "Pro West" race or candidates with such a platform.

 

[High_Gravity]

Same shit different day in Iran.

 

[irosie91]

Same shit different day in Iran.

Iranian cuisine is very elegant

 

[High_Gravity]

Same shit different day in Iran.

Iranian cuisine is very elegant

Oh I know its my favorite.

 

[irosie91]

Same shit different day in Iran.

Iranian cuisine is very elegant

Oh I know its my favorite.

Samer's too, I asked----but my sister-in-law refused
to cook for him -----she is so PICKY ----she thought he
might REFUSE to eat------anyway.....very stubborn girl

 

[waltky]

Mebbe the Republican Guard is in charge of their nuclear program...

Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins
Jun 12,`13 -- Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in with a comment of his own: Nothing will change regardless of the winner.

It's a political fact of life in Iran, where the president is squarely on the world stage but holds little power to sway key policies such as Tehran's nuclear development or relations with the West. Yet as the six candidates - including a current and former nuclear negotiator - wrapped up their campaigns Wednesday, perhaps no issues define their immediate challenges more than the nuclear standoff with Washington and its allies and the related economic sanctions strangling Iran's economy.

The overall decisions are firmly in the hands of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the hugely powerful Revolutionary Guard. That message was reinforced after the final presidential debate last week when Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi thanked the candidates for their "perspectives" but noted they "will not impact Iran's foreign policy after the election." What Iran's next president can potentially influence, however, is the tone and tactics with world powers if stalemated nuclear talks resume at some point after a successor is picked for the firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The stakes could rise quickly. Negotiations had been put on hold until after Friday's election, but pressure could mount to resume the talks even before the new president-elect officially takes over in August. The next round would mark a crossroads: Either show progress or risk escalating calls by some in Israel and the West for military action. "With the nuclear program, it's about style over substance for Iran's president," said Sami al-Faraj, director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies. "He can't direct policy, but can help package it by offering their views to the supreme leader. The nuclear talks are the main forum for this."

One side is current nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, who publicly endorses a hardline stance that demands the West make the first move with major concessions such as lifting painful sanctions. "Our country won't surrender to their demands," Jalili was quoted as saying last week. Another view comes from reformist-backed candidate Hasan Rowhani, Iran's chief nuclear envoy from 2003-2005, who complains that Iran's combative style has worked against the country. "It's very good to see (nuclear) centrifuges rotating, but only when people could make ends meet and when factories and industry could run smoothly," Rowhani said in the debate Saturday. "All our problems are because all efforts were not made to prevent the (nuclear) dossier from being sent to the (U.N.) Security Council."

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[Connery]

"Opposing “détente a hundred percent” and promising no compromise “whatsoever” with the West over matters like Iran’s nuclear program and involvement in Syria, Mr. Jalili seems set to further escalate Iran’s standoff with the United States and its allies if elected president."


May 28, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/w...favorite-in-irans-presidential-race.html?_r=0

Whoever wins will be a puppet for The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ... backward country and way of thinking with no end in sight.

 

[Billo_Really]

"Opposing “détente a hundred percent” and promising no compromise “whatsoever” with the West over matters like Iran’s nuclear program and involvement in Syria, Mr. Jalili seems set to further escalate Iran’s standoff with the United States and its allies if elected president."


May 28, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/w...favorite-in-irans-presidential-race.html?_r=0

Maybe they wouldn't feel that way if we would just stop fucking with them?

We imposed sanctions on that country and they haven't done anything wrong!

 

[Billo_Really]

Whoever wins will be a puppet for The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ... backward country and way of thinking with no end in sight.

Who gives a shit?

It's none of our god-damn business!

And WTF are you talking about "no end in sight?" 70% of the population of that country is under 30. What do you think will happen when those old mullahs die off? You think those kids will pick up the torch and continue those old, antiquated, old-world, old-school, policies of their grandfathers?

When you were in your 20's, did you intend to live your life like your grandparents?

Here's the people you're talking about...





Looks just like us in South Beach over Easter.