IRAN: Vanished photo shows angry Khamenei amid tensions following speech

LA Times ^ | June 7, 2010

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What could have made Iran's supreme leader so visibly angry?

The extraordinary photo above -- posted to the website of Iran's hard-line Fars news agency but then quickly taken down -- shows supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at center with his hand raised, extremely angry after the conclusion of the June 4 ceremony commemorating the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

During that event, hard-line supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began angrily shouting down Khomeini's grandson, Hassan -- who appears in a black turban at the top right corner of the picture -- as he delivered a speech in honor of his grandfather.

Hassan is considered a supporter of moderate opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.

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[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I thought angry was how those guys roll.

[nuconvert]

pong

[GovernmentShrinker]

Good. The more they’re busy being hostile to each other, the less energy they’ll have to focus on being hostile to the civilized world.

[RightOnline]

“You do not HATE enough, you scum!!!”

“But...but, I DO hate...but just not as much as you!”

[stboz]

What if we gave each one a gun with real bullets......??

[Randy Larsen]

All I see is a bunch of ass kissing fools wanting to smell the fingers on his left hand!

[headstamp 2]

Nice collection of grubby looking dirtbags in suits. I’m sure the aroma is awesome.

[what's up]

Hmmmm...I see no anger whatsoever in this photo.

What line are we supposed to be swallowing this time?

[valkyry1]

//The more they’re busy being hostile to each other, the less energy they’ll have to focus on being hostile to the civilized world//

I tend to doubt that.

[Randy Larsen]

Looks to me like a bunch of muslims with beer goggles on arguing about who's turn it is to pay for the next round of camels milk and breast milk. Others want two beers and a shot of Jack!

[nuconvert]

look at everyone in the picture

[what's up]

Unless I’m looking at the wrong pic, the guy could be giving driving directions from Baghdad to Mosul.

[nuconvert]

“Unless I’m looking at the wrong pic, the guy could be giving driving directions from Baghdad to Mosul.”

not with all the concern on everyone else’s face

[valkyry1]

I looked at the picture again I tend to agree with you. the postures and the body language indicate something.

[Recon Dad]

I really couldn't tell by looking at the “Grand Rag Head”, but then I looked at everyone else in the photo. You can see something just happened because they are all puckered up.

[what's up]

They look no more concerned than the typical gaggle of press around a politician IMO.

When Middle Easterners get angry spittle flys and arms wave in the air. All I see is some sobriety.

[goat granny]

If those people didn't have the Jewish people to hate, they would eliminate each other....Israel is the only thing they agree on and keeps lots of them alive..

[BallyBill]

I give up. Which one ISN’T angry?

[Gapplega]

God, what scum.