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Special Dispatch - No. 2245 February 13, 2009 No. 2245 "Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati in Friday Sermon: Iran's Satellite Launch A Hammer Hit to Heads Of U.S., Israel; Thank You to Israel for Not Permitting Iranian Nuclear Activity; On 30th Anniversary of Revolution, "Iranian Nation Hit Another Severe Punch" to U.S., Israel" SNIPPET: "Jannati further emphasized, "The late Imam (Khomeini) once said, 'You can,' and it is this capability relying on which Omid satellite was launched successfully... he general policies of the system need to be implemented, and by grace of God, we would pursue the objectives of an Islamic...

(IsraelNN.com) The cabinet has voted to accept a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza. Two ministers voted against the proposal and one abstained from voting.

Chairman of the Iranian Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: Arab Countries Should Have Chopped Off Bush's Head, Not Welcome Him MEMRI video Broadcast January 25, 2008 " Death to those who participated in the Annapolis Summit, and who got rewarded for this. Their mouths were stitched up, so that they could not speak out anymore. You really deserve death for being so despicable, and for wanting to please Bush, America, and Israel, rather than pleasing God, the Prophet, the Muslims, the oppressed, and the wretched" "That insignificant man [Bush] visits Islamic countries, while all these crimes are taking place. He...

Iran appoints ultra hardliners to monitor next parliamentary elections By Ali Akbar Dareini ASSOCIATED PRESS August 12, 2007 TEHRAN, Iran – Ultra-hardliners within Iran's ruling establishment were appointed to a panel monitoring the next legislative elections, raising fears of foul play in a key vote that could determine the shape of the upcoming presidential vote. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and three other arch-conservatives within Iran's Islamic establishment were appointed as members of the panel monitoring legislative elections due next March, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Their nomination by Iran's constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, sparked fears of mass disqualification...

In the last few days senior Iranian and Syrian officials, including Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, have stepped up their statements on the war, with the Syrian regime's mouthpieces in the media following suit.The following are excerpts:Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander: We Must Keep the Hatred of America Burning in Our Hearts Until the Moment of Revenge Arrives The Iranian conservative news agency Fars reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Yahya Raheem Safavi gave a speech before forces from the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij [1] on July 30, 2006, in which he demanded that they be prepared to act against Israel...

Tehran - A senior Iranian cleric Friday rejected Western proposals on its its nuclear programme. 'The West can keep this proposal package for itself because it is no use for Iran and the Iranian nation,' Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said at the Friday prayer ceremony in the Tehran university. His remarks were approved by thousands of worshippers who shouted the standard slogan of 'Nuclear technology is our undeniable right.' 'Yes, of course this is your right and you will eventually get this right,' said Jannati, who is head of the powerful senate-like Guardian Council. 'History has taught us a lesson: whenever...

Tehran, 23 Nov. (AKI) - Iran's religious minorities have slammed recent controversial remarks by a top aide to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing non-Muslims as "sinful animals who roam the earth and engage in corruption." Kurosh Niknam, the Zoroastrian representative in the Iranian parliament, lashed out at the slur, saying it was "an unprecedented insult to religious minorities." "Not only are non-Muslims not sinful animals, but if Iran has an illustrious past and civilisation to feel good about, it owes this to those who lived in Iran before the arrival of Islam," said Niknam, adding that animals...

Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 – One of Iran’s most powerful clerics hinted during the Friday prayers sermon in Tehran today that last week’s London bombings could have been the work of the United Kingdom government. Addressing worshippers at the site of Tehran University, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful Guardian Council, the unelected constitutional watchdog, said, “At times they blame this [London bombings] as the work of Al’Qaeda. Al’Qaeda means [United States President George W.] Bush and [British Prime Minister Tony] Blair who were the mothers of Al’Qaeda and brought to life this illegitimate child”. “There exists the possibility...

Editor's note: Readers may also be interested in Iran: The Invisible Revolution. During the U.S. presidential campaign, debate over Iran policy received unprecedented attention. The reasons are multifold. With Iran on the verge of developing both nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile capability, Washington policymakers can no longer ignore the Iranian threat, especially when confidants of Supreme Leader Ali Khomenei lead televised chants of "American will be annihilated," as Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati did last June. American concern over a nuclear Iran is multifold. The danger is not necessarily that Iran would conduct a nuclear first strike, although former president Ali Akbar...