Ahmadinejad not impressed.
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.
He wasn’t going before he was going and now he can’t go.
Maybe the Iranians think Kerry is a potential terrorist?
I hope it doesn’t “sear” his memory.
Why would Kerry want to go to Iran, anyway? Why should he go, at our expense, to ANY other country? Just another complete waste of time and money.
Love that picture
Man, it’s tough when you are trying to be a traitor and no one will let you.
***don’t they know who he is?****
Yes they do...his wife sells Heinz PORK & beans!! LOL!!!
“But . . . but . . . but, don’t they know he has a plan to do something . . .”
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LOL. He has a plan, but it’s a secret plan, one he cannot share with anyone. (SNICKER)
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If only Israel would do some entry denials like this. This administration needs to be brought down to size. We’re no longer the big guy on the block per Obama himself.
Oh bother... I hear there are some nice hiking trails in the mountains near Iran if he’s interested?
Dang. I was hoping they’d keep him for nuke research.
Maybe he could accidently sneak across the border disguised as a hiker from Berserkly?
The Iranians won’t have him in their country,and I wouldn’t have him in my house.I never thought that I would agree with the Iranians on anything.....
Kinda surprising....he might have proven to be a *very* useful tool for them.God knows that he’s perfectly *willing* to be a tool for the 9th Century pig fornicators.
And we claim they are backwards?
They are more on the ball than we are.
They probably thought he was going to throw someone’s medals into the presidential compound.
” Jon Cary is said to have Herpes and if contagious could be a health problem when he kisses our ass” the mullah was heard to say
,,,,,Why would Kerry want to go to Iran, anyway?,,,,,
To free the Massachuttes hippies who got were captured in Iran
Ahmadinejad not impressed.
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