Tuesday, March 20, 2012

U.S. And Iran Bicker Over Persian New Year Messages

Iran, U.S. Mark Iranian New Year With Blistering Words -- CNN

(CNN) -- Iran and the United States rang in the Persian new year Tuesday with distinctly different messages for the Iranian people.

President Barack Obama slammed the Islamic Republic's crackdown on electronic communications and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Iran would not hesitate to strike back in the event of an attack on the Islamic republic.

The beginning of the year 1391 took Khamenei to the massive Imam Reza shrine complex in the eastern city of Mashhad, where thousands jammed the mosque to hear the nation's supreme leader.

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My Comment: I can live with the bickering .... but this is what concerns me.

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