Posted on 01/03/2010 12:47:31 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Iran denies entry to Sen. Kerry By Bridget Johnson - 01/03/10 01:48 PM ET
Iranian legislators on Sunday decided to not allow a visit from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.), according to Iranian media.
"Members of the Iranian parliament's Foreign Relations Committee (a subcommittee of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission) voiced opposition to the request after studying the issue," Hassan Ebrahimi, head of the committee, told the semi-official Fars News Agency.
Several Iranian news outlets reported last week that Kerry had submitted an official request to visit Tehran in an emissary role.
Kerry spokesman Frederick Jones told the Wall Street Journal before Christmas, though, that no trip had been scheduled. "Is he planning now on going to Iran? The answer is no," said Jones.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said last week that "legislative officials are studying the case and they are in charge for providing a response."
On Saturday, Iranian legislators stepped up the rhetoric against the news that Kerry was considering traveling to Tehran with the blessing of the White House.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has no plans to negotiate with any American official, unless the country (the U.S.) changes its policies," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Zohreh Elahian said, according to Fars News Agency.
"Iran-US relations are not under such conditions that could produce results through a number of non-targeted meetings and talks," rapporteur of the parliament's Nationals Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazzem Jalali told Fars on Saturday in response to a question about Kerry wishing to visit Iran.
"Americans are more seeking to exploit the media and means of propaganda in a bid to gain an advantage," Jalali said. "...A number of the high-ranking officials in the present U.S. administration sent letters for talks with Iranian officials when they served as senators.
"The bills ratified in the US legislative bodies against Iran are examples of paradoxical behavior which we are witnessing from American statesmen towards Iran, and indicate that their policies on Iran are not honest," he added.
LOL.
What a tool.
Hey, who knew the Iranians could get one right? ;)
If I were head of state of some other country I’d turn him away too.
EEEeeewww!
I’m taking my mace to bed tonight in case I have nightmares.
This just made me laugh and laugh.
You said a mouthful there okie. Remember, when Jim DeMint wanted to go on a 'fact finding' trip to Hondurus earlier this year, the Kerry bastard had tried everything to prevent him from going. DeMint didn't know up until the midnight hour whether he would be allowed to go and ultimately ended paying his own way. Such a f'ng hypocrite. Kerry wants to rub elbows with an insane dictator but could care less for the citizen's wishes in a country exercising their own Constitutional rights by having a wannabe dictator removed.
(1) Hillary will resign in private disgust during the early part of the new year. Kerry will be appointed by Obama as the new SOS.
(2) Turned down or not, this aborted Iranian "diplomatic" mission was Kerry's opening gambit in a carefully plotted bid for the next Nobel Peace Prize.
Leni
Maybe he will tell us how instead of Iran, he was in Cambodia this Christmas.
His ego is severely injured now...give him another Purple Heart!
That does it! Time to parachute in Pelosi! A couple days listening to her, and Tehran will cave to any demand to get her off their hands!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Would they have accepted Jesse Jackson, who has usually gotten these plum “emissary” roles in the past?
I can see why this Administration wants to make SOME gesture indicating SOMETHING that may suggest it’s even AWARE of what kind of totalitarian brutality is going on in Iran now.
So naturally, then send Long John Kerry, “war hero”.
Iran rebuffs him, and by extension, Obama, and Obama, playing checkers instead of chess, will be clueless as to what to do.
Kerry Donors Include ‘Benedict Arnolds’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6884-2004Feb25.html
Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.), the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, frequently calls companies and chief executives “Benedict Arnolds” if they move jobs and operations overseas to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
...Additionally, two of Kerry’s biggest fundraisers, who together have raised more than $400,000 for the candidate, are top executives at investment firms that helped set up companies in the world’s best-known offshore tax havens, federal records show.
Kerry has also received $20,100 in donations directly from individuals at companies with mailing addresses offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes, records show.
“Senator Kerry has made it crystal clear that he’s going to close these loopholes, forever,” said Chad Clanton, a Kerry spokesman. “Nothing will stop him. Period.”
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Iran denies entry to Sen. John “Benedict Arnold” Kerry
Oh, my goodness! That is HILARIOUS!!!
Aw, well. I’m sure there are other oppressive, dictatorial, homicidal terrorist regimes that Jean Francois can legitimate.
LOL, good one. Toss McCain in and it’s a deal.
ROFLOL!
Denied for general douche-baggery...
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