Iran Marks 27 Years of Islamic Revolution

United Press International ^ | February 11th, 2006 | UPI

[M. Espinola]

TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution by slamming the West for slandering Prophet Mohammad.

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivers his speech in front of tens of thousands of Iranians during a ceremony marking 27th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Azadi (Freedom) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 11th, 2006. The Iranian president on Saturday rejected Western pressure to freeze the country's nuclear program and issued a veiled threat to walk away from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

"When we protest, they object saying they have freedom. But they are lying about that because they are hostages in the hand of Zionism," Ahmadinejad said at a gathering Saturday marking the anniversary of the revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979.

Iranian women walk on a U.S. flag during a demonstration to mark the 27th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Tehran February 11th, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

"How can the West allow the slandering of our honorable prophet, whereas any research about the alleged holocaust of the Jews is considered a crime," th official Iranian news agency, IRNA, quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the ceremony to mark the 27th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran February 11th, 2006. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

The conservative former mayor of Tehran added the "real holocaust" should be "looked for in Palestine where the Zionist occupiers are terrorizing and killing Palestinians on a daily basis."

"Zionism (Israel) will be inevitable withering away... The age of occupations is coming to an end," Ahmadinejad said, advising Western countries "not to link their fate with that of the Zionists."

Uproar sparked by the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed as a terrorist with a bomb in his turban by Danish and Norwegian newspapers is still unabated in Arab and Muslim countries, which are calling for severing ties with the European Union until an official apology is made and measures are taken to ban the repetition of such infamy.

Iranian protesters carry photos of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini, during a demonstration to mark the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, on Saturday Feb. 11th, 2006. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

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[M. Espinola]

Iranian demonstrators shout anti-U.S. and Denmark slogans as they carry the U.S. flag during a demonstration to mark the 27th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Tehran February 11th, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Ahmadinejad & the rest of the fantical Shi'ite régime are on very limited borrowed time. Tehran's nuclear weapons plants (plus other pre-selected, surgical targets) will soon become rather large parking lots.

Iran's ally in Islamic terrorism, Syria, is also overdue for brand new, rather large parking lots, too.

The bigger they are - the harder they fall!

[Blennos]

This sorry situation is part of the woeful legacy of Jimmy Carter.

[bill1952]

[Andy from Beaverton]

Hooray! Let's celebrate by beheading an American and beating our wives!

[M. Espinola]

"This sorry situation is part of the woeful legacy of Jimmy Carter."

Carter's withdrawal of all American support for the Shah's government, and allowing Khomeini's wild horde to seize control Iran's enormous oil wealth, is directly responsible for the current threat Tehran's thugs poise to the very fiber of global economic security.

[M. Espinola]

February 11th, 2006 "Revolution Day" is Islamic Iran's national celabration of "America Held Hostage in 1979.

Enough is enough!

It's time Ahmadinejad & his Mullahs are removed

[M. Espinola]

"We want to be nuked!"

[backhoe]

Never Forget:

Desert One

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Jimmah Cahtah's finest hour.

[M. Espinola]

Thank you for that link. Our men did not die in vain attempting to rescue fellow citizens held hostage by Islamic terrorists.

27 years worth is a lot of payback Iran's madmen have coming, real soon - with the highest form of interest!

[Steveone]

27 Years of butchery and stupidity.

[ichabod_65]

Jimmy Carter is the epitome of a failed president. Oh wait, he was a failed president. Double digit interest rates, double digit unemployment, and American hostages held in Iran for 444 days. Yes, count them, I said 444 days. The most Carter could muster was a failed attempt at a half-hearted rescue which made our military look like....well like Carter was the Commander in Chief. What Carter needs to do is keep hammering nails for Habitat for Humanity and leave foreign policy to a President who has a set of cajones (see: testicles).

[M. Espinola]

The monstrous régime is on the verge of ending - the hard way, since the current Iranian jihadist leadership will adopt a fight-to-the-death bunker mentality, rather then be taken alive and placed on trial for crimes against humanity.

[ansel12]

Col. Beckwith put a large part of the blame on Carter's insistence on a combined service operation. Delta Force creator Beckwith was forced to use navy helicopter pilots first, until he fired them, then he was forced to use marine helicopter pilots, he was not allowed to put together the team he wanted.

[sgtyork]

Wonder if they'll make it to 30?

[M. Espinola]

I am taking bets they won't :)

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Here's hoping they won't be celebrating a 28th anniversary.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Interstingly enough, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix all died of their own stupidity when they were 27 years old, too. Hmmm...

[Steveone]

These are people you stand in line to kick when they are down!

[M. Espinola]

Let's hope the Iranian dictatorship will following in the footsteps of the rock starts which kicked the bucket when 27. (this year)