Sunday, July 23, 2006

Got a letter this mornin', how do you reckon it read?

IRNA, the Islamic Republic News Agency, has a lot of predictable attacks on Israel today, but also the news that Ahmadinejad has sent another of his wacky letters to world leaders, this one to Jacques Chirac:

"Asefi: Ahmadinejad's letter to Chirac different from 2 previous ones"
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Sunday confirmed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the French President Jacques Chirac, adding that its content is different from his letters to the US president and German chancellor.

Speaking to domestic and foreign reporters in this week's briefing session, he said that Ahmadinejad's letter was submitted to Chirac by Iran's new Ambassador to Paris Ali Ahani on the sidelines of a meeting in which he presented his credentials.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Ahmadinejad's letter deals with issues of significance.

In response to a question about the aim of such letters, he said that Iran intends to convey its views on world problems to the heads of other states in a documented and tangible way.
More from IRNA:

President urges Islamic states to adopt anti-Zionist stance
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday urged all Islamic states to defend rights of the oppressed Palestinian and Lebanese peoples and adopt a stance vis-a-vis crimes of the Zionist regime.

The president made the remark while addressing the 23rd nationwide meeting of heads of education bureaus.

Pointing to stance adopted by different countries on crimes of the Zionist regime against innocent civilians in Palestine and Lebanon, he said, "Certain states and the Europeans in particular adopted good stance and condemned the crimes against humanity." "But certain other indifferent states had no good stand and even were happy with the event (Israeli aggressions)."

"The world arrogance set up a base for itself in the region through ignorance of regional nation to threaten and plunder them," he said in reference to establishment of the occupying regime of Israel in the Middle East 50 years ago.

"But today the occupying regime, which exists just for threat, massacre and aggressions on peoples, reaches its end (demolition).

Referring to brave resistance of the Iranian nation against enemies in different fields, he stated that enemies failed to defeat the Iranian nation and their aggression on Lebanon was to hide the failure.


President: Zionists triggered their extinction by Lebanon attack
The Zionists made their worst decision and triggered their extinction by attacking Lebanon, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Sunday.

The president made the remark while addressing the 23rd nationwide meeting of heads of education bureaus.

"The Zionist regime's attack on Lebanon was a pre-planned scheme to save the regime.

"The usurper Zionists thought attack on Lebanon will create a new atmosphere for them in the region.

"They (the Zionists) have committed a big mistake," said Ahmadinejad.
Related: Dhimmi Watch has two interesting items about Iran today.

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