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Report: Kerry Told Iran He Wishes ‘U.S. Had a Leader like Iran’s Supreme Leader’
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 4/29/15 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 04/29/2015 3:42:00 AM PDT by markomalley

Secretary of State John Kerry told his Iranian counterpart that he wished the United States had a leader more like Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, according to comments made by a senior Iranian cleric and repeated in the country’s state-run media.

Ayatollah Alam al-Hoda claimed during Friday prayer services in Iran that in negotiations over Tehran’s contested nuclear program, Kerry told the country’s foreign minister that he “wished the U.S. had a leader like Iran’s supreme leader,” according to a Persian-language report on the remarks published by the Asriran news site.

“In the negotiations Kerry told [Iranian Foreign Minister Javad] Zarif that he [Kerry] wished U.S. had a leader like Iran’s supreme leader,” according to Alam al-Hoda, who is a senior member of the Iran’s powerful Assembly of Experts.

A senior administration official told the Washington Free Beacon that such a contention is patently absurd.

The remarks are the latest in a string of comments made by Iranian leaders purporting to reveal private details of the talks.

Iranian newspapers have carried multiple reports in recent months suggesting that Iranian Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Javad Zarif was ordered to stop screaming at Kerry behind closed doors.

In his Friday remarks, al-Hoda went on to say that Obama is set on striking a deal with Iran by June.

“Both Republicans and Democrats want these negotiations with Iran, but they fight each other for partisan interests,” he was quoted as saying. “Obama wants the negotiation to succeed so his party can win the next election and Republicans want to stop him.”

Alam al-Hoda also celebrated Iran’s expansion in the region and controversial activities in war-torn countries such as Syria and Yemen.

“Today, the resistance crescent has gone beyond Syria and Lebanon and reached to Yemen,” he said. “Today the resistance front is in control of Strait of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb.”

The “U.S. and Israel have not been so weak anytime before,” he continues. “All these events are being managed by the hidden Imam,” a revered religious figure in Shia Islam.

Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iranian dissident and fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said U.S. overtures to Iran at the negotiating table have failed to win it any respect from the Islamic Republic’s leaders.

“President Obama thinks that by making more concessions he can gain the trust and respect of Iranian leaders,” Ghasseminejad said. “However, Iranian leaders neither trust him nor respect him.

“Seeing unprecedented weakness in the U.S. president, Iranian leaders do not fear the United States anymore. Partnership, trust, and alliance between the radical Islamist regime of Tehran and United States cannot and should not exist.”

Meanwhile, Zarif said over the weekend that fighting between the Obama administration and Congress over a potential final deal could not stop America from implementing any agreement the White House signs.

“As we have stated since the beginning, we consider the U.S. administration responsible for implementing the agreement and internal problems and conflicts in the U.S. are not related to us and to the implementation of the agreement, and based on the international laws, the countries’ internal problems don’t exempt them from implementing their undertakings and this is the main framework that we attach importance to,” Zarif said, according to the Fars News Agency.

On Monday, Zarif urged the United States to woo Iran.

“Maintaining an uncertain and unstable situation is not acceptable to Iran and the Americans should take practical and confidence-building measures to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement,” Zarif was quoted as telling reporters.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: insubordination; johnkerry; kerry; leadership; looneytunes; lurch; treason; twilightzone
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1 posted on 04/29/2015 3:42:00 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Wow...We thought our water was bad.


2 posted on 04/29/2015 3:44:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: markomalley

Normally, I’d call BS since this is Iran but I’m going to choose to believe it because Kerry is a suck up and I like the mental image I’m getting of a petrified Kerry appearing before President Jarrett to explain this.


3 posted on 04/29/2015 3:46:05 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: markomalley

Is Kerry drinking the bong water again?

CC


4 posted on 04/29/2015 3:50:13 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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To: markomalley

I bet in his younger days, he probably wished the US had leadership more like Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Cong.


5 posted on 04/29/2015 3:52:18 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Celtic Conservative

White raisin gin?


6 posted on 04/29/2015 3:54:24 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: markomalley

Is John Fraud asking Obummer to grow a beard?


7 posted on 04/29/2015 3:56:11 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: markomalley

Ketchup Boy is out there goofing around with something that could turn the Middle East into a sea of glass made from nuclear-fused sand.

Lord help us.


8 posted on 04/29/2015 4:00:33 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: depressed in 06

Obama already has a beard. Her name is Moochelle.


9 posted on 04/29/2015 4:02:50 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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To: markomalley

Statements like that from Kerry proves that the loonies have the keys to the insane asylum. what is wrong with that man? He does know that they will use a nuke if they get their hands on one, right?


10 posted on 04/29/2015 4:04:22 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: markomalley

Kerry needs to STFU already


11 posted on 04/29/2015 4:15:36 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: markomalley

We already do, dumb a$$.


12 posted on 04/29/2015 4:24:06 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: markomalley

We do!!!!


13 posted on 04/29/2015 4:27:12 AM PDT by ontap
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To: markomalley

We can thank the good people of Massachusetts for this. The have a habit of electing absolute embarrassments to Congress and the Senate.


14 posted on 04/29/2015 4:32:19 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: markomalley

So WWAD (What Would the Ayatollah Do?) about the Baltimore riots. Kerry should publish a report. (sarcasm)


15 posted on 04/29/2015 4:32:36 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (May the arrogant be put to shame... Psalm119:78)
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To: markomalley

Trying to decide between ignorant or brilliant, hmmmmm.


16 posted on 04/29/2015 4:32:41 AM PDT by high info voter (Liberal leftists would have "un-friended" Paul Revere!)
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To: ontap

Effectively we do now, yes. Obama as Dictator, like Iran.

Kerry, in his infinite buffoonery didn’t express his desires succinctly though. What this fool meant was that he “wished the United States had a Presidency with the same powers as the Supreme Leader in Iran”.....essentially for any [Democrat President]. He is actually too stupid to realize that his comment could be taken as a slur against Obama in particular.


17 posted on 04/29/2015 4:39:20 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: markomalley

Hey Johnny Boy, if you like their system so much move there; don’t screw up ours.


18 posted on 04/29/2015 4:47:05 AM PDT by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: logic101.net

Who’s worse, “Dumb” or “Dumber” (Biden or Kerry, the cream of the crop)


19 posted on 04/29/2015 5:02:00 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: markomalley

Uh...John...we do have leaders like Iran.

You and your boss.


20 posted on 04/29/2015 5:02:29 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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