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To: i-node who wrote (489616)	6/21/2009 7:32:42 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572108

"Right. That's why the protest signs are written in English." Ok, I realize you have limited information, so I will help you out. The way the world is today, if you want to get your message out to as many people as possible, you use English. A large percentage of Europeans can read it, and the same is true in other countries, particularly amongst those with an education. Chiming in with open support right now is inviting the government to use that to convince the rural people that this is just a product of other countries interfering with Iran's politics. Like they did when that nit wit Brown in Britain opened his mouth.

To: i-node who wrote (489616)	6/21/2009 9:54:55 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572108

You want proof that Obama's approach is working just fine? The Ayatollah made Great Britain the "Great Satan" because their leader spoke out and "interfered"! Ayatollah: 'Death to the treacherous UK' metro.co.uk Iran's supreme leader has blasted the West for its election fraud claims as he orchestrated thousands of followers to chant 'death to the UK'. The Ayatollah backed President Ahmadinejad and cited the British government as "treacherous". As he said: "Most treacherous the government of Great Britain", tens of the thousands of Iranians chanted "Death to the UK, Israel and the US". The Foreign Office said it has asked Iran's ambassador in London to attend a meeting to explain the Ayatollah's comments. A spokesman said: "We will make clear our concern about the comments." In his first public address since demonstrators flooded the streets, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said protests should cease and the opposition must pursue its complaints within the confines of the cleric-led ruling system. He said protesters would be "held responsible for chaos if they didn't end" days of massive demonstrations. The Ayatollah's supporters chant "Death to the UK, Israel and the US". The unrest has posed the greatest challenge to the system since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought it to power. Khamenei said official results showing a landslide for hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were beyond question. "There is 11 million votes difference, Khamenei said. "How one can rig 11 million votes?" He blamed Great Britain and Iran's external enemies for trying to foment unrest but said Iran would not see a second revolution like those that transformed the countries of the former Soviet Union. He remained staunch in his defense of Ahmadinejad, saying his views were closer to the president's than to those of Hashemi Rafsanjani, a powerful patron of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. He reiterated that he had ordered the country's highest electoral authority to pursue election complaints. Tens of thousands of Iranians listen to the Ayatollah's address. Meanwhile, Gordon Brown today condemned the use of violence and media suppression in Iran in the wake of the country's disputed presidential elections. In his strongest comments to date, the Prime Minister said that it was for the regime to prove to the world that the elections were fair. Speaking at the European summit in Brussels, Mr Brown said the the EU was unanimous in condemning crackdowns against protesters who took to the streets claiming the election was rigged. "I believe that it is right for us to speak out for rights, to speak out against repression, to speak out in condemnation of violence, to speak out for a free media that is prevented from doing its job, and we will continue to do it," he said. "It is for Iran now to show the world that the elections are fair. It is also the wish of the world that the repression and the brutality that we have seen in these last few days is not something that is going to be repeated. "The eyes of the world are upon Iran at the moment. We want Iran to be part of the international community and not to be isolated but it is for Iran to prove, not just to Britain but to the whole of the world and to their own people, that they can respect these basic rights."