Iran lashes out at Canada’s ‘racist government’ after embassy closure

National Post ^ | September 9, 2012 | Matthew Fisher

[Squawk 8888]

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Having just sent Iran’s diplomats’ packing and having brought its own diplomats home from Iran last week, Canada will keep trying to aid Canadian citizens there — including three on death-row — with the help of its partners and allies, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday.

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“The current government of Canada under the leadership of Mr. Stephen Harper is known for extreme policies in the domain of foreign policy,” the Mehr news agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying.

“The hostile behaviour of the current racist government in Canada in reality follows the policies dictated by the Zionists (Israel) and the British.”

[Spktyr]

I wasn’t aware that “Iranian” was a race.

[Squawk 8888]

Canada Ping!

[tet68]

It was the jews, of course. /s

[stboz]

How do you say “Enjoy your new glowing-glass parking lot” in Farsi?

[Delta 21]

CANADA ?

HA HA

[WilliamofCarmichael]

“The hostile behaviour of the current racist.."

"Hey! That's my line." Obama

[skeeter]

The lexicon of despotic bullies is universal.

[Gay State Conservative]

Don't worry,Canada...you've made the right decision.This will become even *more* obvious when Israel decides that the point of no return has arrived.

[SkyDancer]

The way that the word racist is thrown about you’d be a racist if you prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla. If a piano player is called a pianist then a race car driver should be called a racist?

[Lazamataz]

WOW! They have learned WELL from the Democrats!

[tumblindice]

“racist government in Canada”

http://www.iranchamber.com/people/articles/aryan_people_origins.php Iran=Aryan.
And Canucks are some of the whitest people I’ve ever seen! (Some of them are practically translucent.)
What, I say what in the Sam hill is goin’ on here? Some kind of deviltry by the Great Satan would be my guess.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

According to outdated race classifications, Iranians (Persians) are Aryans — just as Europeans “whites” are. Meanwhile, most Israelis are Semites. Harper (an Aryan) is being accused of racism by an Aryan, for taking actions that favour Semites. Somehow, in today's twisted world, this is supposed to make sense.

[MaxMax]

Iranian isn't a race, freekin idiots. They must be taking a page from the Democrats
by making race a weapon for political gain. "Give us what we want or you're a racist"

[Spktyr]

No, I mean Iranian being a race separate and unto itself.

If anything, Canada is being nationalist. It’s only racism if you are discriminating against a particular race and last I heard, “Iranian” was not a race.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Iranians would beg to differ:

http://www.iranchamber.com/people/articles/aryan_people_origins.php

[Spktyr]

And they would be wrong.

They also believe (it’s been posted by Iranians on this forum before) that the Greco-Persian wars were wars of liberation and that the Greeks were savages needing to be civilized.

Yeah, not so much.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

We’ve been talking past each other. We’re actually both saying the same thing — there is no racial issue here.

[Dartman]

“If a piano player is called a pianist then a race car driver should be called a racist?”

That ...is about the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long, long time. Thank you. You made my day.

[SkyDancer]

Glad to oblige ....