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Khamenei says Iran poised to 'punch and stun' the West soon

by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | February 8, 2010 at 11:53 am

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asserted in remarks today that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers.

This week is the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

In his remarks he targeted February 11, which corresponds to their 22nd day of Bahman. He claimed that a "punch" would be delivered which would "stun" the arrogance of western powers.

The Ayotollah Ali Khamenei is the country's supreme cleric and commander in chief. He made the remarks before the Air Force there, press says.

In 1979 the US-backed shah was toppled by pro-Islam revolutionary forces on February 11.

There is increasing tension in Tehran, where opposition say that Ahmadinejad's re-election in June was rigged.

His comments came as Iran said it would begin to produce higherenriched uranium from Tuesday, in defiance of Western powers trying to ensure the country's nuclear drive is peaceful.
Opposition supporters are expected to stage anti-government protests on Thursday when the traditional regime-sponsored marches to mark the revolution take place across the country.

Mousavi renewed his call for demonstrations on the February 11 anniversary.

Just over a week ago, he and Karroubi had implicitly called for a gathering of their supporters.

"The 22nd of Bahman is upon us, truly it should be called the day of gathering," Mousavi said on his Kaleme.org website Monday.

"I feel we have to participate while maintaining the collective spirit as well as our identity and leave an impression," Mousavi said.

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Hugh Askew

at 12:20 on February 8th, 2010

Hope someone, somewhere, has a clue about what this nutcake is up to.

Manie (not verified)

at 12:39 on February 8th, 2010

the west is indeed arrogant. regarless of who one may think is wrong, not one country is perfect. the U.s needs to shut up and have not say in othere peoples business, and for a good reason. they no nation on this planet has ever used a nuke besides the U.S. if anyone should be sanctionaed or critised it should be the U.S. the U.N is broken it does not serve any good purpose. I do nt understand why any nation in their rigtht minds would want to be assosiated with the U.N they might as well call it Un reliable Nations because thats what it is, and anyone with an Iota of rational thinking and intelegence will come to the conclusion. not much will change with this situation . these things tend to always end badly, except this time the west and its allies will feel the pain it they decide to invade Iran. only time will dictate the outcome of this cat and mouse game.

Rory Cripps

at 14:10 on February 8th, 2010

Hugh: Did you hear this:

" . . .the U.s needs to shut up and have not say in othere peoples business, and for a good reason. they no nation on this planet has ever used a nuke besides the U.S. . . ."

I SAY PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIRE POWER TO THAT!

Manie: I think that the U.S.demonstrated it's humanitarian and peace loving nature when it nuked Japan . . .HA! Think of all the lives that were spared--both Japanese and American. And look at how Japan benefited from America's humanitarian efforts in WWII. The citizens of Japan are no longer being brutalized as they were for centuries prior to America's dropping the bomb. You should take back all those mean things that you said about America!

Hugh Askew

at 15:29 on February 8th, 2010

Interesting how that works, isn't it?

I note with some satisfaction that is has been more than 70 years since Germany decided they needed another war.

At the risk of sounding like a war-monger, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did have the effect of convincing the world that you/they do not want to have a nuke go off in your vicinity, even if you do have issues with your neighbors.

Sputnic

at 14:19 on February 8th, 2010

Sounds ominous

Sputnic

at 14:20 on February 8th, 2010

Sounds ominous

Hugh Askew

at 15:24 on February 8th, 2010

You already said that.

Ben Heine

at 06:02 on February 9th, 2010

thanks for sharing!

Manie (not verified)

at 07:41 on February 9th, 2010

I SAY PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIRE POWER TO THAT! Rorry Cripps , I am not defending either side. the current Iranian government is no saint and niether is the U.S. I am simply stating the facts. the U.N works only when it wants to work the idea of having veto power completely undermines the whole purpose of the organization. I do not hate America even though it may appear that way from my posting. the U.S has indeed done a lot of good things around the world no questions about that, but they have also caused alot of trouble around the world with their Idea of democracy. what works in one territory does not mean it will work somewhere else. if you read history; and from your writings you appear to be an intelegent individual, Japan had allready lost the war during WWII and the U.S did not have to use their nukes, but then again the facts can be argued. the fact is Iran & the rest of the middle east will always have conflicting Idealogies which will never be resolved. the issue here is Isreal. at the moment they are the only nation in the M.E that are alleged to have nukes and it does have the right to since it is not a member of the NPT, but then the real question is who is a threat? one could right an entire book on the subject, but what it boils down to is if a nations feels it is threatened it has the right to defend itself or have a deterrant. now I know I might get a reply of this nature: Iran wants to wipe Isreal of the map, well! this is a good example of how the media miss translates words and uses it to thier advantage. all in all if the west wants to discourage other countries from attaining Nukes they should start disarming thier stock pile lead by example, but we all know that aint gonna happen. the cat is out of the Bag and it aint going in.