Iranian Madman Jumps the Gun
Charles Johnson
Fri Dec 9, 2005 at 6:23 pm PST • Views: 165
Iran Leader’s Remarks Draw Ire From Saudis.
TEHRAN, Iran - Saudis fumed Friday that Iran’s hard-line president marred a summit dedicated to showing Islam’s moderate face by calling for Israel to be moved to Europe, and the chief U.N. nuclear inspector said he was losing patience with the Tehran regime.
Even some of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s conservative allies in Iran were growing disillusioned, fearing he has hurt the country with his wild rhetoric. Iranian moderates also called on the ruling clerics to reel him in.
“The president has to choose his words carefully. He can convey his message to the world in better language tone,” Hamid Reza Taraqi, a leader of a hard-line party, the Islamic Coalition Society, told The Associated Press.
Translation: “Shut up, idiot! You’re tipping our hand too soon!”
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