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poster44ny .. "Because most everyone, except a few naive people here believe him." .. for a start most people
wouldn't know, that's one reason it should be SHOUTED in all forms of media .. also .. you said that most people
who did know Khamenei said NO TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS weapons believed him .. are you being sarcastic? ..
or .. are you sure you typed what you meant? .. i'd guess most in America would be suspicious of what he says.

below are salient points on that from, Stephanie's, post ...

Western reporters keep saying that the parliamentary results have no implication for Iran’s nuclear program. But they only say this because they either don’t pay attention to what Iranian leaders actually say, or discount their statements as lies (treating them much less respectfully than they treated notorious fraud Andrew Breitbart in their fluffy obituaries last week).

A week and a half ago, Khamenei gave a major foreign policy speech [ http://www.presstv.ir/detail/228014.html ]

“The Iranian nation has never pursued and will never pursue nuclear weapons. There is no doubt that the decision makers in the countries opposing us know well that Iran is not after nuclear weapons because the Islamic Republic, logically, religiously and theoretically, considers the possession of nuclear weapons a grave sin and believes the proliferation of such weapons is senseless, destructive and dangerous.”

Now, you could maintain that Khamenei is lying when he says he holds that possessing nuclear weapons is a grave sin. (You could also maintain that the Popes are lying when they say using birth control is a grave matter, but you’d have to explain why they put their papal authority on the line for a lie they weren’t forced to utter). But even if you think it is a lie, you have at least to report what he says.

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This puzzling emphasis on Ahmadinejad comes despite the president’s relative lack of power in the Iranian system. The commander in chief of the armed forces is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Who sets nuclear policy? Ali Khamenei. In Iran, the “president” is more like a vice president (think Joe Biden) than a real executive.

[...]

That these developments can be commented on in Western media without Khamenei’s
speech being mentioned or it being noted that he strongly opposes nukes is baffling.

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