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"As long as Israel, which is considered as a cancer in the region, continues to exist, problems will never end," Larijani told a news conference

the iranian government, the officials who will have their fingers on the nuclear bomb button, are the worst monsters, genocidal animals. if they had their way, they would go beyond Hitler. maybe that's why they deny the Holocaust, because they want to claim the number one spot in eliminating the nation of jews.

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Same old Iran, can't get its head out of its butt. I guarantee you it probably wasn't Mossad or the CIA but some Arab neighbor knowing that Iran won't look around any further than those two countries so they can go on about their own black ops without being found out. Thats the problem with being tunnel-visioned.

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Watch out Iran ! The world's 'peacekeeper' (sic)is coming to your side of the world to keep the peace......

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TakahiroDomingo. Really? Do you really know that about Iran?

Is their government foolish? Yes, I think they are inviting war needlessly. Are the repressive? Yes! Certainly so. But worst than Hitler? Come on.....

The west must take responsibility for a lot of how Iran is today. It was our cold war policies that led to the Iranian revolution and the rise of this Islamist state. Likewise the west failed a dozen times in the past to support progress by Iranian's to change the course of their government.

Add to this the increased radicalization of Iran as a direct result of the US invation of Iraq and you have a climate that has made it impossible for the people of Iran to effect change in their nation.

The people of Iran have clearly been working for change. Protests and sacrifices by people there demonstrate this. But as long as there is the threat of war with Iran, the government is strengthened and their capacity to repress change increased.

If you really want to avoid having a nuclear weaponed empowered Iran, then war and further fueling of this conflict is exactly the opposite of what should be happening.

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Some of the scientists killed weren't top level and because of that Iran analysts believe a few of the kiliings were carried out by internal Iran elements who were suspicious of the scientists' political leanings.

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tkoind2: The west must take responsibility for a lot of how Iran is today.

I think Iran must take responsibility for a lot of what Iran is today. They make their own choices. Time and time again the world has provided incentives for Iran to join the international community and time and time again they have declined. You can talk about the British inspired overthrow all you want but you're going to have a hard time convincing me that Iran would have been a beacon of democracy in 2011 regardless of what happened a half century ago. Like I said they make their own choices and they should be held responsible for it. Add all the footnotes you want but it doesn't change anything.

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Iran was a democracy before the Sha was imposed upon them. The same can be said of outside influences over Afghanistan in the early years of the cold war.

There are consequences for our policies. Ones we do need to better understand.

Sure Iran is not innocent in this, I think my post was pretty clear on that point. I think it was also clear that there have been many opportunties for political change from within Iran that were either not supported by the west or offset by other actions taken by the west. Again we need to acknowledge these.

No political situation is black and white. We are on the brink of war because of the decisions and policies of both the west and Iran. Like it or not the truth is sometimes very ugly. But only the truth can help us find a way around and away from war.

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Excellent. Keep up the good work.

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the iranian government, the officials who will have their fingers on the nuclear bomb button, are the worst monsters, genocidal animals.

Well, Israel already have their fingers on a nuclear bomb button and are already committing genocide.

Iran hasnt done either yet.

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@DentShop: maybe if you have your family travelling peacefully in a bus in israel and it gets blown up with iranian explosives, and the killers are glorified, you change your mind about labeling self-defense as genocide. and about israeli buttons, you don't know for sure.

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@tkoind: TakahiroDomingo. Really? Do you really know that about Iran?

i based my statements on what the government of iran continuously hysterically screams about. seems you don't read carefully what they say. try again, then imagine you in israel with your children.

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Good guess, and it was expected, and "close, but no cigar" as the USA taxpayers say. Clue: Look in your own backyard. "Seek and you shall know."

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If the us or Israël attack Iran. Then i hope Iran has a red button to fight back. They have the Irak oil. Now the only non opec country is enemy nr 1

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Not too sure what ludo hear is trying to talk about red buttons, but, the fact is that Iran is trying to fight with the big boys, with big time nuclear weapons, and Iran must suffer the consequences, because no body believes them with all of that oil that they need nuclear power for so called peaceful purposes, so my guess is that the Israelis, with their highly trained Mossad killed this guy off, maybe sad, but Iran has only itself to blame, not even the Russians nor Chinese are behind them now.

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Elbuda.

Guess that is why China, etc told the USA to get lost when they were asked to impose sanctions on Iran.

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Most islamic countries would be in big trouble without Israel... it's such a useful tool from them to use to brainwash and divert their uneducated masses. Without Israel, it would be terrible for Islamic countries.. . their people might start to realize how awful their leaders are. In fact, they already seem to be realizing it...

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Allah hu aalam.....! ( God know the best)

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your family travelling peacefully in a bus in israel

I would be more concerned if I was travelling peacefully on an Iranian Airbus flying over a US missile cruiser...

Oh you dont know about that? Look it up.

And to try and convince me that Isreal may not have nuclear weapons is to assume I know nothing about the Middle East, which would be folly.

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Well, Israel already have their fingers on a nuclear bomb button and are already committing genocide.

Sorry, I must have missed that. Genocide? Where? Which group of people did Israel wipe out?

Not too sure what ludo hear is trying to talk about red buttons, but, the fact is that Iran is trying to fight with the big boys, with big time nuclear weapons, and Iran must suffer the consequences, because no body believes them with all of that oil that they need nuclear power for so called peaceful purposes, so my guess is that the Israelis, with their highly trained Mossad killed this guy off, maybe sad, but Iran has only itself to blame, not even the Russians nor Chinese are behind them now.

No one wants to see a nuclear Iran. Well, except for the hardcore muslim extremists.

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Sorry, I must have missed that. Genocide? Where? Which group of people did Israel wipe out?

Just over 3 years year ago, 1,400 defenceless people in Gaza were murdered by the IDF. The repression continues unabated.

Nelson Mandela of all people, said justice for the Palestinians is "the greatest moral issue of the age"

Israel is a rogue state and acts without sanction.

Molenir - sorry to burst your bubble, but you must do a little research if you are going to comment.

Yes, yes I know mods, this is not about Israel - just replying to a commenters question....

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"Israel is a rogue state"

As opposed to Iran, right?

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As opposed to Iran, right?

Never said Iran were the good guys.

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Dent Shop: Just over 3 years year ago, 1,400 defenceless people in Gaza were murdered by the IDF. The repression continues unabated.

Sucks to be them.

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The US has certainly done a job propping up the Israeli regime. It seems that a lot of posters still believe the Jewish state is the picture of innocence. I suggest they look into its birth and history of aggression. Iran? Sure, they have talked a big game with their "Death to the Great Satan (America)" bit, but behind the rhetoric, they actually make some valid points about US imperialism and their support of the Jews in the middle east.

And Takahiro, you wrote: if you have your family travelling peacefully in a bus in israel and it gets blown up with iranian explosives, and the killers are glorified, you change your mind about labeling self-defense as genocide...

I believe this article is about an Iranian dude who was blown-up (most probably) by a Israeli explosives in Iran, by folks who are most assuredly being decorated for their work. Since I am using your own argument, I can only assume it has changed your mind? Right???

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It doesnt matter if investigators dont find any proof of mass destruction wapons in Iran. They Will be attaked anyway and the world Will be told lies. Again!. And That is why i hope the iranians have a way of getting back at the worlds biggest agressors. Dont Get me wrong. I Love the usa. Tickets booked for powertour. Just like the normal population of the usa Israël and Iran That just want to live life and Get ahead in life

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Sure, they have talked a big game with their "Death to the Great Satan (America)" bit, but behind the rhetoric, they actually make some valid points about US imperialism and their support of the Jews in the middle east.

Which one of Iran's leaders do you believe to be making 'valid' points? Would it be Ahmadinejad with his mad rambling about how the Holocaust never occurred and is a figment of Jewish imagination, or the string of Ayatollahs and their oppressive religious extremism? I'm not saying Western policy in the region has ever been stellar, nor that it hasn't been a harbinger of many of the problems in the Middle East (although frankly I think their issues pre-date western interference and go back to more primitive 'tribal/clan' type issues more typical to the region. Historically Jew have been just as guilty if not at times more so of causing issue, and anyone who studies history deeper than the occasional newspaper column is aware of this. But original blame aside, there is no way that the current regime in Iran can be seen as rational.

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Tigermoth: Which one of Iran's leaders do you believe to be making 'valid' points?

The one that says the US is the Great Satan. Ha ha. First of all, it is not a matter of what we can hear via the media. All of the hyperbole coming out of the Iranian regime is pure bluster. What I mean by saying they make some valid points is simply mirroring what a lot of poster are saying: What is up with the hypocrisy of the US and the West? Why shouldn't other countries be able to develop whatever the hell they want. The US obviously does whatever it wants, just ask Iraq. You think Iran is going to invade other countries once they have the power? Just because the US acts in that manner doesn't mean Iran will. The US is already in the ME protecting Israel. Iran simply wants to have the means to protect itself from those two war hawks. I am not saying that I am all for the Ayatollahs (or for any religious nuts), but if I were to distance myself from all the propaganda, the US is by far the more meddlesome, bully. They keep pushing other countries around and what is worse, it is not even their neighbourhood that they're pushing people around in.

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