Posted on 05/15/2005 7:22:33 PM PDT by freedom44
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LONDON, May 15 (IranMania) - Commander of the Navy Rear Admiral Abbas Mohtaj said on Saturday Iran has developed advanced cannons and different types of missiles.
According to Fars News Agency, Mohtaj, told reporters after the parades of surface, undersea and aerial units of the Navy during Unity-84 Wargames, “We tell the people that they should rely on us as reliable forces in the same way that the armed forces rely on the people as their source of support.“
He noted that the Iranian naval forces are present along the Sea of Oman, Persian Gulf and Hormuz Strait.
“The Navy supports national interests with full might,“ he said. The Navy commander explained that Unity-84 Wargames were held in an area covering 12,000 square miles in the Sea of Oman and the free waters of northern Indian Ocean.
“In this drill, the surface, undersea and aerial units of the Navy displayed their might and grandeur,“ he said. Mohtaj also said that the exercise served as the yardstick for testing the abilities of local forces in the design, manufacture and mass production of undersea vessels. “We successfully launched torpedoes from land and undersea, as well as undersea-to-undersea torpedoes,“ he said.
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Anyone with a brain can see that it's just a matter of time before we deal with Iran as we dealt with Japan.
Yup, let's return their military to the 12th century and then end this nonsense about uranium enrichment once and for all. We've had more than enough of their deranged evil for 25 years, and they have the blood of too many Americans on their hands. We CANNOT allow a regime that supports many of the world's worst terrorists to have nuclear weapons - no way, ever.
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Imprisoned blogger goes on hunger-strike
Reporters Without Borders today called on bloggers throughout the world to post messages in support of Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been in prison since 12 February and who began a hunger-strike on 14 May.
"The life of this young blogger is in danger as he is being held in a prison where several detainees have died or have been injured in violence between inmates," the press freedom organization said.
"You must talk about him on the Web and in the media in order to put pressure on the Iranian authorities," the organization said, adding, "all bloggers must feel concerned about his fate and that of his two colleagues who are also imprisoned."
According to his family, Mojtaba initially tried to file a complaint about mistreatment but his interrogators replied they were going to put him in a detention centre where he would "regret having complained." He is currently held in Gohar Dashat prison (in a Tehran suburb), which has a reputation for mistreatment of detainees. He shares his cell with non-political prisoners.
Mojtaba's father, Sfar Saminejad, told the student news agency ISNA, "I wrote several letters to the authorities to complain about the unacceptable conditions in which my son is being detained, but no one replied."
Mojtaba's hands and feet were in chains when he appeared in court on 11 May.
A few days ago, Iranian bloggers launched a petition calling on the head of the judicial system, Ayatollah Sharoudi, to grant Mojtaba a pardon and unconditional release (http://alpr.30morgh.org/guest/archives/002216.php). An earlier petition was initiated shortly after his arrest (http://www.petitiononline.com/mojsn/petition.html).
Two other bloggers and cyber-journalists have been detained since February. They are Mohamad Reza Nasab Abdolahi and Mojtaba Lotfi.
For Iran, that would be just about right...
More than 500 politicians and intellectuals in Iran have announced that they will not take part in the presidential election next month. In a statement, they said that the 17 June poll cannot be free and fair because Iran's Guardian Council was depriving people of free choice. ...Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
The statement said that "the people only have the freedom to choose from among those candidates chosen by the state".
"People are being called to participate while many of the most important circles of power and the appointed people have complete control on all the avenues of executive power," the statement said. READ MORE
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