Friday, June 19th, 2009

Ayatollah blames ‘Zionists’ for tsuris in Iran

Some thought that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would strike a conciliatory note when he spoke during Friday prayers at Tehran University today. Not so.

Khamenei: “Media belonging to the Zionists” is to blame.

JTA reports that Khamenei “denied that the country’s recent elections were fixed, called on protesters to stop and blamed the ‘Zionist’ media.” [...]

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