Friday, October 4, 2013

Iran's Rouhani Boasts: I Rejected Obama Five Times

Big Peace   "Rouhani said:
"Before my trip (to New York), the Americans had sent 5 messages to arrange a meeting between me and Obama, but I turned them down."
"Then they raised a plan for a brief meeting, but I didn’t agree (with it) much; we didn’t disagree with (the idea to have) a meeting, but its grounds weren’t prepared."
"The Iranian leader also said that he had achieved his mission at the UN "to prevent a new war in the region," and he mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his strident speech earlier in the week, saying that Israel is merely frustrated that its own power has declined as Iran's power has grown."....

Iran’s Rulers and the Art of the DealWith victories like these, who needs defeats? "Deceiving your enemy has never been difficult, but these days, it seems, Americans are eager to deceive themselves. For example, on Friday Politico ran the headline: “For Obama, finally, a foreign policy win.” Specifically: “Obama became the first American president in 34 years to speak directly with his Iranian counterpart. . . . Obama touted the progress his team has made negotiating on Syria and the opening of talks with Iran, the nation’s nemesis for two generations.' ”
Iran unveils short-range reconnaissance drone   "It resembles the American ScanEagle, an unmanned short-range aerial surveillance vehicle that Iran claimed to have captured in late 2012. However, Iranian officials did not mention the US drone on Saturday."
A handout picture released by Iran's ISNA news agency shows the new Iranian-made highly mobile propellant-powered reconnaissance drone named "Yasseer", in Tehran, on September 28, 2013
A handout picture released by Iran's ISNA news agency shows
 the new Iranian-made highly mobile propellant-powered
reconnaissance drone named "Yasseer", in Tehran, on
September 28, 2013

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