Posted on 12/29/2009 6:30:04 AM PST by nuconvert
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week.
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“...Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki threatened unspecified retaliation against Britain. “If this country does not stop its prattling, it will receive a slap in its face,” he said during a news conference with his Somali counterpart. The quote was posted on the Web site of state TV”
Nobel Laureate? BFD.
Also from the article, a Syrian journalist who works for a Dubai tv company was reported missing and presumed arrested
If they’re lashing out at foreigners, then the system is breaking and the Mullahs are losing control of themselves. Whenever a despot starts lashing out randomly, they are losing control and things are slipping from them.
yup
“...Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki threatened unspecified retaliation against Britain. “If this country does not stop its prattling, it will receive a slap in its face,”
Oh NO, obama has been prattling at them for months now.
Wonder if they’ll bit*chslap him?
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