Khamenei’s reiteration of his hostility to the U.S. is particularly significant considering how comprising the West has been in in its dealings with Iran since Trump left office. Leftist Western governments in general indefatigably pursue appeasement. This has, of course, only emboldened the Islamic regime.
Years of bowing to Iran in pursuit and support of a fake nuclear deal based on lies has aided Iran and allowed it to buy time in its efforts to develop nuclear weapons. In 2021, Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned that only countries that are making bombs are enriching uranium at Iran’s level. And that was two years ago. Iran has escalated militarily and expanded in influence: it has been supplying Russia with drones in the latter’s war against Ukraine, and has ramped up trade with BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Leaked documents have revealed Iran’s multiple Telecom deals with China to control and censor the Internet. Iran is moving to surpass Western countries, especially Biden’s weakened and declining America, in international influence. Recently, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Syria also formed a committee to normalize Syria-Turkey relations, negotiated by Russia.
“Iran’s top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on ‘thugs and villains,'” Associated Press, June 4, 2023:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further hostility from Iran’s enemies and blaming recent anti-government protests on “thugs and villains.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks come amid an intensifying standoff with Western countries over Iran’s nuclear program, which has made major advances in the five years since then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from an international accord that restricted it.
Trump restored crippling sanctions on Iran that have contributed to a severe economic crisis without forcing any concessions from its leaders. Iran has also lent support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, supplying armed drones that have wreaked havoc on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
“Some people are mistaken to think if we back down from our stances in certain cases that will cause the enmity of the U.S, the global arrogance, or Israel toward us to diminish,” said Khamenei, who has the final say on all major Iranian policies. “This is a mistake.”…
Iranian authorities have blamed the protests on a foreign conspiracy, without providing evidence, while the demonstrators said they were protesting over decades of repression and economic mismanagement….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Shouldn’t he be preparing for a war w/ the Taliban? Or else, he’d lose Rajavi Khorasan before he knows it
Westman says
Nothing new about Iran’s Islamists hating everyone equally with a special Quranic penchant for hating Jews.
Unfortunately, Iran will now have nuclear weapons if it chooses to build them. The US is too entangled elsewhere.
The real US government, Biden’s handler committee, in its rush to damage Russia has caused a movement of non-aligned nations toward the BRICS, a new world monetary system, a Tri-polar hegemony, and a depletion of the arms necessary for a united war from NATO.
What a state to be in, munitions burned up in another failing war, NATO allies too weak to fight, the EU economy failing from Nord Stream sabotage. More EU anti-war demonstrations coming.
The problem of Islam is rather pale in comparison to the spectre of WW3. Russia will enter direct war with NATO rather than turn over the worlds last, vast, under-populated, resource-rich nation to the West’s corporate exploiters.
Sadly, for Ukraine, it is manpower depleted and losing a war(contrary to Sec Blinken’s propaganda) that the US corporate interests expected to open Russia’s resources. The US “shadow government”, not its Congress, will weight the cost[war] of remaining a unipolar hegemon or allow a tri-polar hegemon(US, China, Russia) to arise which will, most likely, end the American Century.
Let us hope that NATO doesn’t go to war with Russia. What would come from the EU ashes is likely to have an Islamic appearance.
Walter Sieruk says
When Khamenei called those are against his Islamic regime “villains” it’s best to consider the source .For he is behind much of the brutal murderous oppression of the Iranian people which provoked them to revolt. Likewise, President/tyrant. Rasis, is another arch villain in that Islamic tyranny. Even because he became that Islamic regime’s President was guilty in death squads that executed many innocent people. So much so that be because known as the “Hangman of Tehran.”
As for Khamenei calling some people “thugs,’ he’s looking in the wrong direction . The actual , real , thugs , are the ruthless violent hooligans in uniform who are “The Revolutionary Guard” in which Khamenei and Rasis use as their tools to terribly oppress the people of Iran.
In addition, that horrendously bloody and evil Islamic regime of Iran with its mass unjust executions of so many good people who are courageously standing up against an horrific tyranny of evil that denies human beings their natural God given rights that should have never been taken away from them in the first place.
What blatant gall of that judiciary-run news agency.to accuse those brave people who are only standing up for what is right of “waging war on God
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Since that, “news agency” is completely religious, in an Islamic sense, of the word “religious.”, two facts should be taken in together.
First that Islamic tyranny of Iran has been and still is , as anyone can see a “murder factory,” so wicked truly is as it has proven as that state terror has proven itself to be.
Second, the religion of Islam does acknowledge that Jesus is a prophet and a truth teacher, but no more than that. The point is that Jesus taught “”Every good tree bears good fruit, but a but a bad tree bears bad fruit… by their fruits you will recognize them.” Matthew 7:17,18.19. [N.I.V]
By the words of Jesus in view of the evil fruits of that murder machine that is called “The Islamic Republic of Iran ” the protesters aren’t “waging a war against God.” but opposing a cruel brutal deadly demonic regime of complete and total evil.
Walter SieruK says
What gall Khamenei has to refer to people who are standing up for what is right against that Islamic tyranny of Iran “villains and thugs” As for that word “villain “ Khamenei need only look at himself in the mirror to see a real villain.
Also some time earlier, in a totally falsehood of a statement of that a judiciary-run news agency that the protester are “waging war on God.” For in reality in the light of both Proverbs and Ecclesiastes that are two Bible books that Islam instructs Muslims to respect, that “Islamic Republic of Iran’ has all the characteristics of an oppressive evil monstrosity and so is its President Ebrahim Rasis.
For that tyrant/dictator Rasis is well described in Proverbs 28:15. Which reads, “Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.” [N.I.V.]
As for that honorific regime that oppresses the people and denied them their natural hum rights, the Bible in Proverbs 15;15 reads “All the days of the oppressed are wretched.”
Further, in Ecclesiastes 4:1 it is written “I saw the tears of the oppressed – and they have no comforter; power is on the side of the oppressor.”
In conclusion, that judiciary-run news agency of had falsely accused the Iranian people who are the protester of “waging war on God.”
OLD GUY says
The world will be a better place when he’s gone.