Posted on 08/26/2007 4:46:34 PM PDT by freedom44
August 26, 2007 -- Iran warned today that the authorities will clamp down on university students who it said are in contact with the U.S. administration and seeking to topple the country's rulers.
Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said that students, currently "studying in universities under the guise of being students and have contact with foreigners and White House statesmen," will be confronted.
He said Iran believes they are not university students but are seeking to destroy the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
My my, such paranoia is often the glove before the gauntlet of war. As Iran is a nest of religious fanaticism shouldn’t our press, the ACLU, the NEA and all the rest get on the bandwagon of making an example for the rest of the fence-sitting Arab world? Or are they the type of “intellectuals” who figure selling everyone around them out will save them?
Won’t be long before the Iranians lob a nuke into Tel Aviv just for chuckles.
That’s right; they are not oppressed students, they are agents of The Great Satan. What a messed up country.
Interestingly, “Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie” anagrams to “Heigh-Ho! Someone jail nemesis.” And “Islamic Republic of Iran” anagrams to “Lucifer’s microbial pain.” (An evil cancer?) Just some fun with words.
Hopefully this regime will be dealt with soon.
It is more likely the students will come in contact with our troops once they enter Iran.
An anagramitarian! LOL
Seriously, our nation would save a lot of people grief it it ignored the mewlings of weak politicians and followed the wisdom of Sun Tzu and George Patton.
They’re nervous
What would the American Press say if the US gov’t did such a thing with regard to Iran? The leftist bastards would be falling over each other screaming about fascism. Won’t get word one.
I give...laughing hurts! Do you do those with a program or innately?
It may not be total paranoia. A few years ago we knew a fellow who may or may not still have been a student at the time but who was apparently caught passing on information (I'm sure it was rather low-level) to the US.
Fortunately he was able to escape and was accepted by a Western country as a refugee, though for a time it was dicey. (We were lobbying our congressfolks on his behalf.) We've since lost touch with him.
And I'm not so sure "Iran is a nest of religious fanaticism" -- that's certainly not what I hear from my Iranian friends, whether Muslim or Christian (the Bahais have a slightly different view but I don't think it accords with my interpretation of what you wrote, and I don't know any Jewish Iranians).
Though the Iranian government does use Islam as one of its means to keep a rein on a restive public, one of the results I hear is to make some portion of that public disgusted with Islam.
(Perhaps others with closer ties to Iran can amplify/correct this?)
I think NRT was referring to the gov’t mostly.
I think
sionnsar: There is a modern, hip culture in Iran very up on trends and technology, but in the end they either bow down to their religious commandant's commands or break away. I hope these more educated and enlightened young folks will eventually turn their nation into a New Persia worthy of praise. T'would be a darned shame to have to level all that ancient history because a handful of zealots dictated the fate of millions.
Thanks for sharing those links. I’ll get to them just as soon as I stop crying about someone else winning the $300 million Powerball.
That is my prayer.
LOL!
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