Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Iran's Spiritual Leader Still Hates America

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Khamenei Sees No Easing Of Hatred For US
-- Khaleej Times

TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ahead of the US elections and anniversary of the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran, said on Wednesday that hatred of Washington was deep-seated.

‘This conflict goes far beyond having differences over a few political issues,’ Khamenei told students in a speech, quoted by state television ahead of the 29th anniversary of the 1979 hostage-taking at the embassy.

The supreme guide said his country's ‘hatred towards the US government is deep-seated because of its plots against the Iranian people over the past 50 years.’

Iran holds the United States responsible for a 1953 coup that deposed the administration of its then prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq and restored the shah.

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My Comment: All of Iran's problems are due to the United States. I have a suspicion that the majority of Iranians do not believe this.

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