Posted on 07/08/2009 3:08:16 PM PDT by SolitarySaint
If Ahmadinejad has the backing of Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in making these statements, this is a sign the conservative mullahs have realized they're in real trouble:
IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to make changes to his team and "respect" young people when his new government takes office after his disputed re-election.No doubt Khamenei and his ruling clique are floating this as a trial balloon to gauge international and internal reaction and try to cool the protesters' passions. If reports of Iranian plans to meet July 9 protests"The structure of government should change, the changes in the government will be considerable," Mr Ahmadinejad said in a televised address to the Iranian people overnight.
He said his new government will put "housing, employment and economic reform" on its agenda.
"I am against police confrontation with people... We must respect people's tastes especially the youth," said Mr Ahmadinejad, whose opponents say was only re-elected through vote rigging.
(Excerpt) Read more at com-con.us ...
Haven’t we learned through the millenia - that dictators lie?
His dead carcass should be swinging from a lampost, next to Khameini’s
Muslims only lie when their lips move.
Is this the speech where he is attacked by the fly?
Somebody said he gave a lot of this speech in Arabic and not in Persian !!! They were pissed.
Sounds like nutjob and the present squatter soiling the Whitehouse have read the same BS 101 book.
Iranian twitterers are claiming victory in a coordinated series of blackouts during Ahmadinejad's televised speech yesterday:
The protesters had earlier pre-arranged a call for Iranians to plug in heavy power load household devices such as dryers, irons and toasters at 9:45pm local time, as Ahmadinejad's speech began. Online Twitter feeds claimed blackouts were achieved in East Tehran, Sari, Tabriz, Isfehan, Rodehen, Saghez, Lavasan, Ahvaz, Khoramshahr, Dezfol, Jahrom, Khomini Shahr, Shahin Shar, Folad Shahr, Kashan and some of Rasht.
Some sample tweets:
Iron Tactic tonight: Call for Black Out During Ahmadinejad Live at TV , Tehran Time 21.30...
Yes It Worked!
Ghazvin went in Black Out, People Chanting" Death to Dictator" on the roofs in many cities...
Well, I suppose it's good that he's "blinking" ... but from the posts of the protesters, I've read on twitter, they're not buying Ahmadinejad's promises of "change."
Ahmadinejad does bring to mind a certain person squatting in the oval office!
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