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Khamenei Blasts U.S., Israel In Tweets

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August 19, 2010

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is an active twitterer (you can follow him at @khamenei_ir).

Mostly the tweets, in Persian and English, concern the main points of Khamenei’s speeches, pictures of his official meetings, and his views on a variety of things, for instance women’s rights.

Yesterday he was tweeting about ties with the United States and threats against Iran. Here are some of his tweets in case you’re not following him:

Iran's Leader calls Human Rights accusation on Iran as a joke while Americans don't respect people's lives in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan

Supreme Leader: In both times that we negotiated with Americans (on Ira&another issue),they had the lower hand and they refused to continue.

Ayatollah Khamenei: There is no doubt that the fake and occupier Zionist regime will collapse soon. They opposes our existence too.

Iran's Leader: The front against us is falsely calling itself as 'international community' but USA and Zionist regime are axis of this front

Iran's Leader on recent military threats against #Iran: If threats become serious, Iran's nation battlefield will not be just Middle East.

Iran's Leader emphasized that negotiation with USA under threat and pressure is not negotiation: We wont negotiate with anybody in this way.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Psychological warfare, sanctions, threatening to wage war and damaging unity is enemies propaganda against I.R. of Iran

These tweets are apparently from comments Khamenei made in meetings with officials.

-- Golnaz Esfandiari

Tags: khamenei , twitter , Iran

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by: Astara from: Seattle, Washington
August 20, 2010 03:44
Will, like it or not, what he says here is true. There shouldn't be a crime against speaking the truth. Yet, certain people, frankly the guilty, dispise the truth. Ok.

Astara
by: chris from: UK
August 20, 2010 09:02
Astara thinks the Ayatollah is talking the truth? What is the world comming to that people beleive this Propoganda and slander of "The west" and America! The aim and goal is to create devision and make a situation of "Us vs Them". That is what Khameinei wants and he is succeeding with some people. ALL THAT COMES OF THIS IS A WAR AND THIS IS WHAT THE IRANIAN LEADERS WANT. Muslims and people of the Arab world need to realise that! The leaders of iran beleive they will fight a war and be Victorious in destroying Israel and "The Non-Beleiving" West(Infidel "Crusaders") Shame on those that get fooled...
by: Hassan from: Dubai
August 29, 2010 17:14
The sad and ugly truth is that the entire world is going to be engulfed in a war to satisfy Khamenei's desire to leave his own legacy and not to die in the shadow of Khomenei. His opium infused mind has latched on to this false promise made to him by Ahmadinejad who sees himself as the person who has been destined in some hadiths to prepare the conditions for the return of the 12th Imam. I truly pity those who are caught and being held hostage in Iran - the more than 70 million Iranians.

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